EP0351083A2
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Electrical connector
Assignee: Whitaker LLC
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Filing: 1989-06-23
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2009-06-23
Abstract
Abstract A shielded electrical connector for matable and latchable connection with a complementary electrical connector (50) comprises an electrical contact assembly covered by a metal shield member (11) having a profiled mating section (31) for matable engagement with a profiled mating section (52) of the complementary connector (50); latch members (20a, 20b) having slots (24) with sections (24′) of the slots (24) having mounting sections (13′) of L-shaped mounting members (13) of the shield members (11) disposed therein pivotally mounting the latch members on (20a, 20b) the shield member, and maintaining sections (13˝) of the mounting members (13) along with cantilever members (25) of the latch members (20, 20b) maintaining the latch members on the mounting members (13), and spring members (26) of the latch members (20a, 20b) engaging the shield member (11) maintaining hook members (23) of the latch members (20a, 20b) in latching engagement with latching hooks (53) of the complementary connector (50).
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshitsugu Fujiura
- 👤 Shigeru Ishikawa
- 👤 Hiromitsu Kodama
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 22:04
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R13/00; H01R13/62; H01R13/639; H01R13/627; H01R13/6275; H01R12/00; H01R12/70; H01R12/71; H01R12/75; H01R13/648; H01R13/658; H01R13/6581
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
199 words
A shielded electrical connector for matable and latchable electrical connection with a complementary electrical connector comprises an electrical contact assembly (27) including a dielectric housing (28, 29, 30) having electrical contacts (32) secured therein, a metal shield member (11, 31) covering the electrical contact assembly and having a profiled mating section (31) for matable engagement with a profiled mating section (52) of the complementary connector (50), and latch members (20a, 20b) pivotally mounted on the shield member (11) and having hook members (23) for latchable engagement with latching members (53) on the complementary connector (50), characterized in that: the shield member (11) has mounting members (13) including mounting sections (13′) and maintaining sections (13′), the latch members (20a, 20b) have slots (24) in which the mounting sections (13′) are disposed, and cantilever members (25) of the latch members (20a, 20b) and the maintaining sections (13˝) of the mounting members (13) maintaining the latch members (20a, 20b) on the mounting members so that they are pivotally mounted thereon to move between a first position with the hook members (23) latchably engaging the latching members (53) and a second position with the hook members (23) unlatched from the latching members (53).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
199 words
A shielded electrical connector for matable and latchable electrical connection with a complementary electrical connector comprises an electrical contact assembly (27) including a dielectric housing (28, 29, 30) having electrical contacts (32) secured therein, a metal shield member (11, 31) covering the electrical contact assembly and having a profiled mating section (31) for matable engagement with a profiled mating section (52) of the complementary connector (50), and latch members (20a, 20b) pivotally mounted on the shield member (11) and having hook members (23) for latchable engagement with latching members (53) on the complementary connector (50), characterized in that: the shield member (11) has mounting members (13) including mounting sections (13′) and maintaining sections (13′), the latch members (20a, 20b) have slots (24) in which the mounting sections (13′) are disposed, and cantilever members (25) of the latch members (20a, 20b) and the maintaining sections (13˝) of the mounting members (13) maintaining the latch members (20a, 20b) on the mounting members so that they are pivotally mounted thereon to move between a first position with the hook members (23) latchably engaging the latching members (53) and a second position with the hook members (23) unlatched from the latching members (53).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
A shielded electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the mounting sections (13′) and the maintaining sections (13˝) of the mounting members (13) have an L-shaped configuration,.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
39 words
A shielded electrical connector as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the latch members (20a, 20b) have spring members (26) that engage the shield member (11) normally maintaining the hook members (23) in the first position.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
41 words
A shielded electrical connector as claimed in claim 1,2 or 3, characterized in that a dielectric cover member (12) covers the shield member (11) and having openings (17) in which pressing members (22) of the latch members (20a, 20b) are disposed.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
A shielded electrical connector as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that the pressing members (22) are of dielectric material.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
64 words
A shielded electrical connector as claimed in any one of the preceding claims characterized in that the slots (24) have a U-shaped configuration with the cantilever members (25) being located within the U-shaped slots (24), a section (24′) of the U-shaped slots (24) adjacent a free end of the cantilever member (25) having the mounting sections (13′) of the mounting members (13) disposed therein.
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