Electrical connector including coaxial cable management system
AssigneeMolex Incorporated
InventorMichael O'Sullivan
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing and a plurality of terminals mounted therein. A conductive ground blade is mounted in the housing and includes at least a pair of positioning arms projecting therefrom for engaging the metallic shields of a pair of coaxial cables. An independent cable management member is mounted on the housing and includes a partition extending between the positioning arms to separate the coaxial cables and maintain the metallic shields near the positioning arms.
Claims18
An electrical connector, comprising:
- a dielectric housing including a front mating end and a rear terminating end, a plurality of terminal-receiving passages extending generally between said ends, and a blade-receiving passage extending generally between the ends;
- a plurality of conductive terminals received in said terminal-receiving passages;
- a conductive ground blade received in said blade-receiveng passage and including at least a pair of positioning arms projecting from the ground blade at the rear terminating end of the housing for engaging metallic shields of a pair of coaxial cables;
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- an independent cable management member mounted on the housing and including a partition extending between said positioning arms to separate the coaxial cables and maintain the metallic shields near the positioning arms.
A termination system for terminating at least a pair of coaxial cables each having an inner conductor, an inner dielectric surrounding at least a portion of said inner conductor, a metallic shield surrounding at least a portion of the inner dielectric and an outer insulating jacket surrounding at least a portion of the metallic shield, a portion of the outer jacket of each of the cables being removed to expose a portion of the metallic shield, comprising:
- a connector including a dielectric housing;
- a plurality of conductive terminals mounted in the housing;
- a conductive ground blade mounted in the housing and including at least a pair of spaced positioning arms for engaging the metallic shields of the pair of coaxial cables;
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- an independent cable management member mounted on the housing and including a partition extending between the positioning arms to separate the coaxial cables and maintain the metallic shields near the positioning arms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.