Cable end connector
US6206731A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 23, 1999 |
| Grant date | Mar 27, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 23, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S439/939
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A cable end connector for being connected to a metallic enclosure panel comprises a connector body and a metallic shell. The shell is roughly rectangular in shape and is open at both a front end and a rear end. The shell forms a plurality of latches adjacent to its front edges and a bent outward tongue at each rear edge. The connector body comprises a roughly rectangular insulative housing defining a plurality of terminal-receiving passageways extending therethrough. A conductive metallic shielding plate covers the insulative housing except for the front face, and the shell then fits over the forward end of the housing. An insulative plastic cover covers the metallic shielding plate and the rearward half of the shell, embedding the outward bent tongues. The enclosure panel defines one or more holes therein and forms a plurality of tabs at peripheries of the holes, each tab defining an aperture corresponding to a latch on the front edge of the shell. In use, the front end of the cable end connector is inserted front end first between the tabs of the enclosure panel, the latches of the shell engaging with the apertures on the enclosure panel.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.