SHIELDING CONTACT FOR A CONNECTOR HOUSING

Abstract

In order to produce a connection between a shielding sleeve (10) of a connector housing (1) and an inner as well as an outer braided shield (7, 8) of an electric cable (3), the invention proposes to provide the shielding sleeve (10) with a contact part (11), the end piece (14) of which has an omega-like shape and regionally encompasses the braided shield (7, 8) in a contacting fashion, wherein an additional springable contact tab (13) protruding out of the contact part (11) is provided for contacting the braided shield (8).

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

One embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the figures and described in greater detail below. The figures show:

FIG. 1 is a connector with an electric cable;

FIG. 2 is a contact carrier of the connector;

FIG. 3 a is a contact carrier with a surrounding shielding sleeve that features an angled contact part;

FIG. 3 b is an end piece of the contact part that encompasses the cable;

FIG. 4 a is a contact carrier with a partially stripped electric cable;

FIG. 4 b is the contact carrier with surrounding shielding sleeve and angled contact part;

FIG. 4 c is the contact carrier with surrounding shielding sleeve and an end piece that contacts the outer shield of the electric cable;

FIG. 5 a is the contact carrier with shielded signaling lines;

FIG. 5 b is the contact carrier with surrounding shielding sleeve and angled contact part, and

FIG. 5 c is the contact carrier with surrounding shielding sleeve and an end piece that contacts the inner shield of the electric cable.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

FIG. 1 shows a so-called push-pull connector with a contact carrier 2 that is surrounded by a shielding sleeve 10, on which a connector housing 1 is displaceably arranged, as well as an electric cable 3 that contains signaling lines 5 and power supply lines 6.

FIG. 2 shows the contact carrier 2 with electric plug-in contacts and the electric cable 3 connected thereto, namely without the surrounding connector housing 1. In this case, the signaling lines 5 are surrounded by a common inner shield 8.

FIG. 3 a shows the electrically insulating contact carrier 2 with the electric lines 5, 6 of the cable 3, as well as the electrically conductive shielding sleeve 10 that surrounds the contact carrier 2 and is provided for shielding purposes. A contact part 11 with an end piece 14 of omega-like shape is integrally formed onto the shielding sleeve 10. A nearly square surface 12 with a contact tab 13 that is exposed on three sides and points toward the electric cable is provided within the contact part between the end piece 14 and its connection to the shielding sleeve 10, wherein said contact tab ensures that a common inner shield 8 of the signaling lines 5 is also contacted.

According to FIG. 3b, the angled contact part 11 is bent in the direction of the electric cable 3 in such a way that the end piece 14 encompasses the sheath 4 of the electric cable 3 in a clamping fashion with its omega-like structure.

FIG. 4 a shows the contact carrier 2 with the electric cable 3 that features an exposed outer shield 7 for the entire cable and another common inner shield 8 for the signaling lines 5 only underneath its outer sheath 4.

FIG. 4 b shows the contact carrier 2 with the shielding sleeve 10 that also features an angled contact part 11 that contacts the outer shield 7 with the omega end piece 14 in FIG. 4c, wherein the contact tab 13 simultaneously contacts the inner shield 8.

Analogous to the cycle of FIG. 4, FIGS. 5a, 5b, 5c also show how the omega end piece 14 of the shielding sleeve 10 and the contact tab 13 merely encompass and contact the inner shield 8 of the signaling lines 5 in a clamping fashion.

Claims

1. A shielding contact for connecting an electrically shielded connector housing to an electric cable that is equipped with at least one braided shield, wherein a contact carrier is arranged in the connector housing and surrounded by a shielding sleeve with a contact part, wherein said contact carrier makes it possible to produce an electrically conductive connection with the shield of the electric cable, andwherein the contact part encompasses the outer shield or the inner shield in a contacting fashion with an end piece of omegalike shape.

2. The shielding contact according to claim 1, wherein the contact part is exposed on three sides and therefore springably shaped out of the shielding sleeve.

3. The shielding contact according to claim 1, wherein the springable contact tab protruding out of the contact part is exposed on three sides and provided for contacting the inner shield of the electric cable.