Cable assembly with improved grounding structure
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorYung-Chang Cheng
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Abstract
A cable assembly includes an electrical connector and a cable. The electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a first wall and a second wall, and a plurality of contacts received in the housing and at least a shell attached on the first wall of the housing. The cable includes at least a grounding wire and a plurality of signal wires connected to their corresponding contacts received in the housing. The shell includes at least a grounding portion extending from the shell and located between the shell and the second wall of the housing. The grounding portion includes a strain relief and a crimping portion. The grounding wire includes an inner contact crimped by the crimping portion and an insulative jacket crimped by the strain relief.
Claims19
A cable connector assembly, comprising:
- an electrical connector, comprising an insulative housing having a first wall and a second wall, a plurality of contacts received in the housing and at least a shell attached on the first wall of the housing;
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- a cable, comprising at least a grounding wire and a plurality of signal wires connected to their corresponding contacts received in the housing;
- said shell comprising at least a grounding portion extending from the shell and located between the shell and the second wall of the housing, said grounding portion comprising a strain relief and a crimping portion, the grounding wire comprising an inner contact crimped by the crimping portion and an insulative jacket crimped by the strain relief.
A cable assembly, comprising:
- an electrical connector, comprising an insulative housing having a first wall and a second wall, a plurality of contacts received in the housing and at least a shell attached on the first wall of the housing;
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- a cable, comprising at least a grounding wire and a plurality of signal wires connected to their corresponding contacts received in the housing;
- said each contact comprising a strain relief and a crimping portion, said shell comprising at least a grounding portion extending from the shell and located between the shell and the second wall of the housing, said grounding wire being connected to the grounding portion.
A cable connector assembly comprising:
- an insulative longitudinal housing with two opposite ends along a longitudinal direction, and defining a plurality of side by side arranged passageways between said two opposite ends, each of said passageways extending along a front-to-back direction perpendicular to said longitudinal direction;
- a plurality of contacts disposed in the corresponding passageways, respectively, each of said contacts defining a crimping type tail for securing to a corresponding wire;
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- a metallic shell mounted to the housing and unitarily forming a crimping type tang for securing to a corresponding wire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.