US 12,113,315 B2
Shield connector
Yorikazu Murabayashi, Yokkaichi (JP); Hiroyuki Kodama, Yokkaichi (JP); Kazuya Kobayashi, Yokkaichi (JP); Suguru Yamagishi, Osaka (JP); and Toyohisa Takano, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/613,769
Filed by AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Yokkaichi (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Yokkaichi (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/022369
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 23, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/250832, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-110138 (JP), filed on Jun. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0231462 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/6474 (2011.01); H01R 24/38 (2011.01); H01R 24/44 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 13/6474 (2013.01) [H01R 24/44 (2013.01); H01R 24/38 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector comprising:
a female terminal module comprising:
a female-side inner conductor that is electrically conductive;
a female-side derivative that has insulating properties and includes a female-side fitting portion; and
a female-side outer conductor that is electrically conductive, and receives therein the female-side inner conductor via the female-side derivative; and
a male terminal module coupled to the female terminal module and comprising:
a male-side derivative that has insulating properties and includes a male-side fitting portion;
a male-side inner conductor that is electrically conductive and includes a male connection portion, the male connection portion extending further than the male-side fitting portion toward the female terminal module; and
a male-side outer conductor that is electrically conductive, and receives therein the male-side inner conductor via the male-side derivative and is connected to the female-side outer conductor when the female terminal module and the male terminal module are coupled together, wherein
when the female terminal module and the male terminal module are coupled together in a coupling direction, the female-side fitting portion and the male-side fitting portion are fitted to each other in the coupling direction with recess-protrusion fitting, and the male connection portion is inserted in the female-side fitting portion and connected to the female-side inner conductor,
one fitting portion out of the female-side fitting portion and the male-side fitting portion is a protrusion member and includes a first tapered surface, and another fitting portion out of the female-side fitting portion and the male-side fitting portion is a recessed member and includes a second tapered surface,
the first tapered surface is sloped to be closer to an axis of the male connection portion as it extends closer to the recessed member,
the second tapered surface is sloped to be closer to the axis of the male connection portion as it extends farther away from the protrusion member,
the second tapered surface interfaces the first tapered surface, and only a length of the second tapered surface extends along a length of the first tapered surface, thereby interfacing the second tapered surface,
the first tapered surface of the female-side fitting portion and the second tapered surface of the male-side fitting portion are connected to interface each other,
a gap is provided between a distal end of the male-side fitting portion and a distal end of the female-side fitting portion in a portion where the male connection portion is inserted into the female-side fitting portion, and
the gap extends from the distal end of the male-side fitting portion to a proximal end of the female-side fitting portion.