Patent ID: 6692294
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector comprising:a housing made of synthetic resin; a flat cable having a plurality of shielded electric wires with cores, covers disposed over the cores and shielding layers formed on the covers, the covers and the shielding layers being removed at ends of the electric wires to expose the cores; a cover-disposing portion on an outer surface of said housing for receiving portions of said electric wires with said covers thereon; a plurality of parallel core holding grooves on said outer surface of said housing, each of said core wire-holding grooves having a depth larger than an outer diameter of each of said wires, a short-circuiting member fixed to said flat cable to short-circuit said shielding layers of said shielded electric wires to each other, said short-circuiting member holding said covers on said cover-disposing portion; a fixing means for fixing said short-circuiting member to said housing; and wherein said cores are disposed individually along said core holding grooves.