US 12,266,894 B2
Female connector module and connector assembly
Takuma Hibino, Mie (JP); Jumpei Kawahara, Mie (JP); and Harald Michael Lutsch, Ottrau (DE)
Assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Filed by SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/894,876.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-140438 (JP), filed on Aug. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0068157 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/506 (2006.01); H01R 13/6584 (2011.01); H01R 13/6598 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 13/6584 (2013.01) [H01R 13/506 (2013.01); H01R 13/6598 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A female connector module to be connected to a male terminal module, comprising:
a female shield member;
a housing arranged on an outer periphery of the female shield member;
a front mask provided on a tip portion of the housing; and
an electrically conductive rubber for conduction between a male shield member of the male terminal module and the female shield member,
wherein:
the front mask has an end wall for substantially facing an end surface of the housing and at least one side wall for at least partly covering an outer peripheral surface of the tip portion,
the end wall has a through hole, the male terminal module being insertable into the through hole, and
the electrically conductive rubber at least partly is so arranged inside the through hole as to contact the female shield member while being held in contact with the male shield member.