Patent ID: 7377801
Filing Date: 2008-05-27
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A shielded cable connecting structure for connecting a shielded cable to an electric wire having a conductor, the shielded cable including an electric wire portion which has a conductor and an inner sheath covering the conductor, a braided wire braided around the inner sheath, and an outer sheath covering the braided wire, the shielded cable connecting structure comprising: a connecting member that includes: a second press-contacting portion which defines a second slit for electrically connecting said second press-contacting portion to the conductor of the electric wire in a state that the electric wire is pressed to be inserted into the second slit in the same direction as a direction of insertion of the shielded cable into the first slit, wherein the braided wire of the shielded cable is connected to the electric wire through the first press-contacting portion and the second press-contacting portion, and wherein the first slit and the second slit are defined in a single plane and the second slit is located below the first slit.