Cable connector assembly with a snap ring
AssigneeFoxconn Interconnect Technology Limited
InventorsJERRY WU, JUN CHEN, XIAO FAN
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Abstract
A cable connector assembly includes an insulative housing having a main portion extending along a mating direction and a connecting portion extending rearwards from the main portion, a tubular contact received in the insulative housing, a cable electrically connected to the tubular contact, a cover assembled to the connecting portion of the insulative housing via the thread, and a snap ring enclosing an outside of a connecting area between the cover and the insulative housing.
Claims20
A cable connector assembly comprising:
- an insulative housing comprising a main portion extending along a mating direction and a connecting portion extending rearwards from the main portion;
- a tubular contact received in the insulative housing;
- a cable electrically connected to the tubular contact;
- a cover assembled to the connecting portion of the insulative housing via the thread;
- and
- a snap ring enclosing an outside of a connecting area between the cover and the insulative housing.
A cable connector assembly comprising:
- a tubular housing including a front main portion and rear connecting portion in an axial direction, the connecting portion including a thread region and a radially shrinkable region along said axial direction;
- a contact disposed in the main portion;
- a cable connected to and located behind the contact;
- a screw cap mounted upon the connecting portion and engaged with the thread region to compress the shrinkable region against the cable;
- and
- a holding ring detachably mounted upon the screw cap and a portion of the housing to shield and protect engagement between the screw cap and the thread region.
The cable connector assembly as claimed in 10, wherein the main body is closer to said thread region than to the shrinkable region along said axial direction.
A method of making a cable connector assembly, comprising steps of:
- providing an insulative tubular housing with a front main portion and a rear connecting portion along an axial direction, said connecting portion including a thread region and a radially shrinkable region along said axial direction;
- assembling a contact in the housing;
- locating a cable in the connecting region to be connected to the contact;
- screwing a screw cap upon the thread region to radially compress the shrinkable region against the cable;
- and
- mounting a holding ring upon the screw cap and a portion of the housing to shield an outermost edge of the screw cap radially.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.