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US 6,644,999 B1Granted
Connector having a cable that is relatively moveable about an axis
AssigneeApple Computer, Inc.
InventorsTang Yew Tan, Richard P. Howarth, Lawrence A. Barham, Gregory L. Tice, Steven G. Siefert, Donald J. Novotney
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Abstract
The invention includes a cable assembly housing. The cable assembly housing may include a main shell that defines a first cavity. The main shell may have a collar. The cable assembly may also include a cable shell that defines a second cavity. The cable shell may have a neck disposed between a mating surface and a flange. The flange of the cable shell may be disposed through the collar and inside the first cavity.
Claims20
A cable assembly housing comprising:
- a main shell that defines a first cavity, the main shell having a collar;
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- a cable shell that defines a second cavity, the cable shell having a neck disposed between a mating surface and a flange, wherein the flange is disposed through the collar and inside the first cavity, and wherein the cable shell is relatively moveable about an axis of the main shell.
A cable assembly comprising:
- a cable having a plurality of wires disposed within shield, wherein the shield is disposed within a jacket;
- a connector having a plurality of posts coupled to a cover, the connector further having a shell disposed about the posts, wherein each wire is coupled to a post to form a juncture;
- a flexible electromagnetic interference shield disposed over and between each juncture and the cover;
- a main shell that defines a first cavity, the main shell having a collar wherein the connector is disposed in the first cavity and the cable is disposed through the collar;
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- a cable shell that defines a second cavity, the cable shell having a neck disposed between a mating surface and a flange, wherein the flange is disposed through the collar and inside the first cavity, and wherein the cable is disposed through the second cavity, and wherein the cable shell is relatively moveable about an axis of the main shell.
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A cable assembly housing comprising:
- a main shell that defines a first cavity, the main shell having a collar and including a first shell piece coupled to a second shell piece, wherein the collar includes a first circular mating surface that is at a forty five degree angle to an axis of the first cavity, and wherein the first circular mating surface includes at least one slot defined into the collar from the first circular mating surface;
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- a cable shell that defines a second cavity, the cable shell having a neck disposed between a second circular mating surface and a flange, wherein the cable shell includes at least one detent that extends radially outward from the neck along the second circular mating surface, wherein the second circular mating surface is at a forty five degree angle to an axis of the second cavity and at a forty five degree angle to an axis of the first cavity, and wherein the flange is disposed through the collar and inside the first cavity.
A cable assembly housing comprising:
- a main shell that defines a first cavity, the main shell having a collar and including a first shell piece coupled to a second shell piece, wherein the collar includes a first circular mating surface that is at a ninety degree angle to an axis of the main shell cavity and wherein the first circular mating surface includes at least one slot defined into the collar from the first circular mating surface;
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- a cable shell that defines a second cavity, the cable shell having a neck disposed between a second circular mating surface and a flange, wherein the cable shell includes at least one detent that extends radially outward from the neck along the second circular mating surface and wherein the second circular mating surface is parallel to an axis of the second cavity, and wherein the flange is disposed through the collar and inside the first cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.