Patent ID: 6137056
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connection construction for a shielded cable, said shielded cable comprising a conductive core, an insulation coating surrounding said conductive core, a shield layer surrounding said insulation coating and a sheath surrounding said shield layer, said shielded cable further having at least one end, portions of said insulation coating, said shield layer and said sheath adjacent said at least one end being removed for exposing said conductive core and for defining an end of said insulation coating, a further portion said sheath adjacent said end of said insulating coating being removed for exposing said shield layer, said connection construction comprising:an inner tubular member having opposed first and second ends and opposed inner and outer circumferential surfaces, said inner tubular member having an annular lock recess formed in the outer circumferential surface thereof, the first end of the inner tubular member being inserted inside the exposed portion of the shield layer a sufficient distance for the second end of the inner tubular member to substantially align with the end of the insulation coating, such that the shield layer overlies the annular lock recess of the inner tubular member and such that substantially all of the inner circumferential surface of the inner tubular member surrounds and engages the insulation coating; anda conductive outer tubular member having opposed first and second ends, said second end of said outer tubular member being substantially aligned with said second end of said first and second ends of said outer tubular member surrounding the exposed portion of the shield layer, the outer tubular member being formed with a plurality of circumferentially spaced elastic portions, each of said elastic portions having a first end that is fixed relative to remaining portions of said outer tubular member and a second end that is deflectable relative to said remaining portions of said outer tubular member, said second end of each of said elastic portions having an inwardly extending engaging projection, each of said engaging projections being registered with said lock recess of the inner tubular member and being dimensioned such that each of said engaging projections urges an adjacent portion of the shield layer into said annular lock recess for locking said inner and outer tubular members together, and for electrically engaging said outer tubular member with the shield layer.