US 12,407,117 B2
Connector for shielded electric wire, and wire harness
Daisuke Sugiyama, Makinohara (JP); Masanobu Higashitani, Makinohara (JP); Tomoaki Hayakawa, Makinohara (JP); and Yasukazu Chikamatsu, Makinohara (JP)
Assigned to YAZAKI CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/446,979.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-146267 (JP), filed on Sep. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0088581 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. H01R 9/05 (2006.01); H01B 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 9/0518 (2013.01) [H01B 7/0045 (2013.01); H01R 2201/26 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector for a shielded electric wire comprising:
a housing that is a tubular resin member configured to allow a shielded electric wire electromagnetically shielded by a braid to be inserted through the resin member, and is configured to be fixed to a connection target in such a manner that one end opening thereof communicates with a through hole provided in a metal panel constituting the connection target, and one end portion of the shielded electric wire extending from the one end opening passes through the through hole;
a connector terminal provided at the one end portion of the shielded electric wire and configured to be connected to a terminal portion of the connection target;
a shield terminal that is a metal tube configured to be externally mounted on the shielded electric wire, the shield terminal having one end side configured to be connected to the braid and another end side folded outward to form a leaf spring that generates a biasing force in a radially expanding direction, the leaf spring configured to come into contact with an inner surface of the through hole of the metal panel so as to press the inner surface of the through hole and to thus ground the braid to the metal panel;
a sealing member formed of an elastic resin in a tubular shape to seal between the housing and an object inserted in the through hole from an inner surface of the housing to the inner surface of the through hole while avoiding a portion where the inner surface of the through hole and the leaf spring are in contact with each other; and
a support member that is a resin ring externally mounted on the shield terminal to be adjacent to the leaf spring on a side opposite to the connector terminal, while being sandwiched between the leaf spring and the sealing member, an outer circumferential edge of the support member configured to be disposed inside the through hole in such a manner as to be in contact with the inner surface of the through hole, thereby suppressing an offset of a central axis of the shield terminal with respect to a central axis of the through hole.