US 12,142,877 B2
Shield structure and wiring harness
Keigo Takahashi, Mie (JP); Hiroki Takagi, Mie (JP); and Masami Sakai, Mie (JP)
Assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/434,995
Filed by AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Mie (JP); SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP); and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/006187
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/179430, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-041267 (JP), filed on Mar. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0140538 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/6581 (2011.01); H01B 7/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/6591 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 13/6581 (2013.01) [H01B 7/0045 (2013.01); H01R 13/6591 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shield structure, comprising:
a UTP cable formed by twisting two wires and including a parallel portion, the two wires being arranged side by side in the parallel portion; and
a shield member including two conductive side wall portions disposed around the parallel portion and outwardly of the parallel portion in an arrangement direction of the two wires and two connecting portions configured to electrically connect the two side wall portions,
the two connecting portions being respectively disposed on front end parts and rear end parts in an extending direction of the parallel portion, out of the two side wall portions, and
the two side wall portions being mirror-symmetrically formed with respect to a virtual plane including a middle position between the two wires constituting the parallel portion and extending along an extending direction of the two wires,
wherein the shield member includes an upper opening that opens upwardly and is formed by upper edge parts of the two side wall portions and a lower opening that opens downwardly is formed by a region surrounded by lower edge parts of the two side wall portions and edge parts of the two connecting portions.