Cable connector assembly
AssigneeFoxconn Interconnect Technology Limited
InventorsShuai-Hui Huang, Ru-Yang Guo, Qing-Man Zhu, Jerry Wu
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Abstract
A cable connector assembly (100) comprises a cable (300) and a connector (100) connecting to said cable (300). The connector (100) includes a contact module (1) and a shell (2) installed at the outside of the contact module (1), the shell (2) including a base (21) extending in a transverse direction and a pair of side covers (22,23) assembled to two sides of the base (21) in the transverse direction. Each of the base (21) and side covers (22,23) includes an insulating layer (211,221,231) and a shield layer (212,222,232), the shield layers (212,222,232) of the base (21) and the side covers (22,23) form a shield space surrounding the contact module (1).
Claims18
A cable connector assembly comprising:
- a connector having a contact module and a shell installed at the outside of the contact module, the shell including a tubular base extending in a transverse direction and a pair of side covers assembled to two sides of the base in the transverse direction;
- a cable connecting to said contact module;
- wherein each of the base and side covers includes an insulating layer and a shield layer, the shield layers of the base and the side covers form a shield space surrounding the contact module;
- wherein
- the contact module also includes a filling portion made from insulative material, and said filling portion is applied further upon a front portion of the cable.
A cable connector assembly comprising:
- a pre-assembled contact module including a printed circuit board and a tongue located in front of the printed circuit board in a front-to-back direction;
- a tubular shell extending along a transverse direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction, and defining a hole through which a cable connected to the printed circuit board extends rearwardly in said front-to-back direction, an opening which is located opposite to the hole in said front-to-back direction and through which the tongue extends forwardly in the front-to-back direction;
- wherein
- before finally assembled, said opening extends through the shell in the transverse direction to be expandable in a vertical direction perpendicular to both said front-to-back direction and said transverse direction so as to allow the shell to move forwardly in the front-to-back direction and to have said opening pass over a filling portion which is applied upon the printed circuit board and located behind the tongue, for completing the whole cable connector assembly;
- wherein
- said filling portion is applied further upon a front portion of the cable.
A method for making a cable connector assembly comprising steps of:
- providing a contact module with a front tongue and a rear printed circuit board along a front-to-back direction;
- connecting a cable to the printed circuit board;
- providing a tubular shell extending along a transverse direction, which is perpendicular to said front-to-back direction, with a hole through which the cable rearwardly extends, and an opening located opposite to the hole in the front-to-back direction and expandable in a vertical direction perpendicular to both said front-to-back direction and said transverse direction;
- wherein
- said shell is firstly pre-assembled to the cable through said opening, and the contact module is successively assembled to the cable by soldering wires of the cable to the printed circuit board, and finally the shell is forwardly moved toward the tongue to have the rear printed circuit board located within an interior space of the tubular shell while the front tongue is forwardly exposed to an exterior, wherein
- said tubular shell forms two opposite open ends in said transverse direction, and a pair of magnetic supporting portions and at least one light guide are inserted into the interior space through said open ends and located by two sides of the printed circuit board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.