Claims
- 1. An electrical connector for interconnection to a shielded cable, the connector comprising:
- an insulative housing including a terminal support floor, and sidewalls extending upwardly therefrom, the terminal support floor including terminal receiving means;
- a plurality of terminals disposed within said housing positioned within said terminal receiving means, each said terminal having a wire termination means;
- shielding means substantially surrounding said insulative housing, the shielding means including at least one tab struck outwardly therefrom; and
- a one-piece premolded insulative boot means having a forward cavity profiled for receiving the insulative housing and the shielding means therein, the forward cavity including an internal latching shoulder for receiving the at least one tab of the shielding means in latchable engagement, thereby securing the insulative boot means to the shielding means, the boot means being slidably receivable over said insulative housing and said shielding means encapsulating said insulative housing and shield means therein.
- 2. The electrical connector of claim 1 wherein the shield means comprises a first and a second shield member.
- 3. The electrical connector of claim 2 wherein the first shield member and the insulative housing cooperatively include means for attaching the first shield member to the insulative housing.
- 4. The electrical connector of claim 3 wherein the second shield member includes means for attaching the second shield member to the first shield member.
- 5. The electrical connector of claim 1 wherein the premolded boot means includes a cable receiving portion, a central body portion and a forward latching portion.
- 6. The electrical connector of claim 5 wherein the cable receiving portion includes an opening therein substantially the same size as the diameter of the cable.
- 7. The electrical connector of claim 5 wherein the central body portion includes a first cavity and a second connector receiving cavity.
- 8. The electrical connector of claim 7 wherein the shield means includes a first and a second shield member, each of the shield members including means for commoning the first and second shield members to a shielded braid of a connectable shielded cable.
- 9. The connector of claim 8 wherein the commoning means includes semicircular extensions extending from the first and second shield members.
- 10. The connector of claim 9 further comprising a backup ferrule slidably receivable over said cable and a collapsible ferrule slidably receivable over the semicircular extensions, whereby
- when the shielded cable is prepared by sliding the backup ferrule over the insulation of the cable, stripping a portion of the insulation to expose the shielding braid of the cable, dressing the shielding braid back over the backup ferrule, placing the semicircular extensions over the dressed cable shield and crimping the collapsible ferrule over the semicircular extensions, the shielding braid of the cable is commoned to the first and second shield members.
- 11. The connector of claim 1 wherein the premolded boot includes integral latching plates integrated with the boot via a web of insulative material, the latching plates including latching profiles adjacent a front edge thereof for latching engagement with a mating complementary connector.
- 12. The connector of claim 11 wherein the latching profiles include a T-slot on one of said latching plates and a T-bar on the other of said latching plates for hermaphroditic latching with a complementary connector.
- 13. The connector of claim 11 wherein the shoulder of the premolded boot means is defined by at least one opening therethrough, and the shielding means includes at least one tab struck outwardly therefrom which cooperates with the said opening to latchably secure the boot means to the shielding means.
- 14. The connector of claim 11 wherein each of the latching plates include a recessed channel extending transversely of the plates for latchably mounting the connector to a through opening in a panel.
- 15. An electrical connector for interconnection to an electrical cable having a plurality of insulated conductors, a shielding braid surrounding the insulated conductors, and an insulative jacket surrounding the shielding braid, the connector comprising:
- an insulative housing including a terminal support floor and sidewalls extending upwardly therefrom;
- a plurality of terminals disposed within said insulative housing disposed along said terminal support floor, each said terminal including means for terminating the insulated conductors thereto and a resilient contact portion extending forwardly to a front mating face of the housing;
- a backup ferrule slidably receivable over the insulation of the cable to rigidify the cable;
- shielding means including upper and lower walls, and sidewalls to at least partially surround the insulative housing and the plurality of terminals, the shielding means further comprising an end wall including means to common the shielding means with the shielding braid of the cable;
- fastening means to electrically common the shielding braid of the cable to the commoning means; and
- a premolded boot having a connector receiving cavity integral with a second cavity, the intersection of the two cavities forming a forwardly facing shoulder, the boot being slidably receivable over the shielding means and the insulative housing until the end wall of the shielding means abuts the shoulder to at least partially enclose the housing means and the shielding means therein, thereby disposing the fastening means within the second cavity, and
- retention means for retaining the premolded boot to the shielding means.
- 16. The electrical connector of claim 15 wherein the shielding means includes a first and second shield member and the commoning means includes a semicircular extension extending from each of the shielding members, the semicircular extensions being profiled for being overlappingly received over the shielding braid and the backup ferrule.
- 17. The electrical connector of claim 16 wherein the fastening means includes a collapsible ferrule slidably receivable over the semicircular extensions to fasten the shielding braid between the semicircular extensions and the backup ferrule.
- 18. The connector of claim 15 wherein the premolded boot includes integral latching plates integrated with the boot via a web of insulative material, the latching plates including latching profiles adjacent a front face thereof for latching engagement with a mating complementary connector.
- 19. The connector of claim 18 wherein the latching profiles include a T-slot on one of said latching plates and a T-bar on the other of said latching plates for hermaphroditic latching with a complementary connector.
- 20. The connector of claim 18 wherein the premolded boot means includes at least one opening therein thereby forming a shoulder, and the shielding means includes at least one tab struck outwardly therefrom which cooperates with the said opening to latchably secure the boot means to the shielding means.
- 21. The connector of claim 18 wherein each of the latching plates include a recessed channel extending transversely of the plates for latchably mounting the connector to a through opening in a panel.
- 22. An electrical connector for interconnection to an electrically shielded cable, the connector comprising:
- (a) a shielded subassembly comprising:
- (i) an insulative housing means having terminal supporting means including a platform for the receipt of a plurality of electrical terminals, and sidewalls upstanding from the platform, the platform and the sidewalls defining an open upper face of the housing means,
- (ii) a plurality of electrical terminals including base portions for mounting on the platform in transition with reversely bent portions forming resilient contact portions, the contact portions extending rearwardly to free ends of the terminals, the contact portions being intermatable with like contact portions in a complementary connector, the terminals further comprising wire connecting portions extending from ends of the terminal base portions,
- (iii) an insulative cap member, securable within the housing means, including means for aligning individual wires of the shielded cable with selected wire connecting portions,
- (iv) shunt means, comprising two shunt members, secured within the housing adjacent to the free ends of the contact portions and extending transversely of the contact portions, the shunt members including contact members for selectively engaging preselected contact portions, and
- (v) shield means securable to the housing means, and substantially enclosing the exterior of the sidewalls, the exterior of the platform, and the open upper face of the platform, thereby overlying the terminal wire connecting portions and the shunt members, the insulative cap member providing a spaced relation between the shield means and both the wire connecting portions of the terminals and the shunt members,
- (b) a one-piece insulative exterior boot means including an interior cavity for receiving the shielded subassembly, and including a cable receiving opening for access of the cable to an interior of the boot means, the profile of the cable receiving opening being larger than a diameter of the cable, but smaller than a profile of the shielded subassembly, and
- (c) means for retaining the shielded subassembly and the insulative exterior boot means in a secured relation.
- 23. The connector of claim 22 wherein the shield means comprises shielding extensions integral with the shield means for electrical interconnection of the cable shield thereto.
- 24. The connector of claim 23 wherein the shield means comprises an upper and lower shield member, the lower shield member including a portion for surrounding the exterior of the terminal platform, and integral sidewalls for surrounding the exterior of the housing sidewalls, and the upper shield member includes a plate member for overlying the open upper face of the housing means.
- 25. The connector of claim 22 wherein the premolded boot includes integral latching plates integrated with the boot via a web of insulative material, the latching plates including latching profiles adjacent a front face thereof for latching engagement with a mating complementary connector.
- 26. The connector of claim 25 wherein the latching profiles include a T-slot on one of said latching plates and a T-bar on the other of said latching plates for hermaphroditic latching with a complementary connector.
- 27. The connector of claim 25 wherein the premolded boot means includes at least one opening therein thereby forming a shoulder, and the shielding means includes at least one tab struck outwardly therefrom which cooperates with the said opening to latchably secure the boot means to the shielding means.
- 28. The connector of claim 25 wherein each of the latching plates include a recessed channel extending transversely of the plates for latchably mounting the connector to a through opening in a panel.
- 29. The connector of claim 22 wherein the insulative housing means comprises a forward hood which extends between the two sidewalls, parallel to the platform.
- 30. The connector of claim 29 wherein the upper shield is disposed beneath the forward hood to dispose shield contact portions adjacent to a mating face of the connector.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This application is a Continuation-In-Part of U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 945,403 filed Dec. 22, 1986 now abandoned.
US Referenced Citations (5)
Non-Patent Literature Citations (1)
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IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin dated Oct. 1973, entitled, "Hermaphroditic Connector". |
Continuation in Parts (1)
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