Patent ID: 8258402
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A shielded wire-grounding construction comprising a plurality of shielded wires each having a core electric wire including an insulated coated electric wire; a shielding layer, composed of a metal foil tape or a braided metal tube, which is disposed on a periphery of said core electric wire; a drain wire in contact with said shielding layer; and a sheath including an insulating coating which coats said drain wire and said shielding layer, said core electric wires of a plurality of said shielded wires being connected to one connector, wherein said drain wire is lead out from a front end of each of said shielded wires at a side of connection thereof to said connector or from an intermediate position of each of said shielded wires; and lead-out side front ends of a plurality of said drain wires lead out are connected to a conductor disposed at other end of one ground wire, one end of which is connected with a ground terminal, by a collective crimping connection that includes a sectionally U-shaped intermediate crimping terminal having a pair of barrels opposed to each other to form a connected portion; said connected portion formed by said collective crimping connection is covered with a cap made of insulating resin; said connected portion, formed by said collective crimping connection, which is covered with said cap is accommodated inside a connector cover mounted on said connector or inside a corrugated tube externally mounted on said shielded wires; and said ground terminal of said ground wire is grounded to a car body.