Cable-to-board connector

A connector assembly comprising:

• an insulative housing;
• a plurality of first contacts disposed in the housing, each first contact comprising:
• a first mating portion for making electrical contact with a corresponding contact of a mating connector;
• and
• a first terminal portion extending along a housing bottom from the first mating portion toward a first side of the housing and adapted to terminate at a conductive trace on a printed circuit board;
• a plurality of second contacts disposed in the housing, each second contact comprising:
• a second mating portion for making electrical contact with a corresponding contact of a mating connector;
• and
• a second terminal portion extending along the housing bottom from the second mating portion toward a second side of the housing, the second side being opposite to the first side, the second mating portion being adapted to terminate at a conductive trace on a printed circuit board;
• a plurality of first wires, each first wire corresponding to and being terminated at a different first terminal portion;
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• a plurality of second wires, each second wire corresponding to and being terminated at a different second terminal portion.

A cable organizer for a connector assembly comprising:

• an organizer base having a central trough, wherein the central trough has a first floor section disposed at a first depth, a second floor section disposed at a second depth and sidewalls extending from the first and second floor sections;
• a plurality of first grooves extending along the first floor section and parallel to the sidewalls of the central trough, wherein the first grooves aid in the positioning of a plurality of first wires;
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• a plurality of first openings, each first opening corresponding to and being aligned with a different first groove to allow termination of each first wire with a first terminal portion of a first contact in the connector assembly.

A cable connector comprising:

• an insulative housing;
• a plurality of first contacts disposed in the housing, each first contact comprising:
• a first mating portion for making electrical contact with a corresponding contact of a mating connector;
• and
• a first terminal portion extending along a housing bottom and adapted to terminate at a conductive trace on a printed circuit board;
• and
• a cable organizer disposed on the housing bottom and comprising a plurality of first grooves extending along a same first direction and a plurality of first openings, each first opening corresponding to and being in line with a different first groove to access the terminal portions of the plurality of first contacts for connecting wires disposed in each first groove therewith.