Cable connector assembly having a conductive element for connecting grounding layers of the cable together

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9276330-B2
Application number	US-201514604770-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 26, 2015
Priority date	Jan 24, 2014
Publication date	Mar 1, 2016
Grant date	Mar 1, 2016

Abstract

A cable connector assembly includes a cable connector comprising an insulative housing and a plurality of conductive terminals mounted in the insulative housing, the conductive terminal having a connecting portion; a cable having a plurality of wires electrically connecting with the connecting portions, the wire comprising a core, an insulative layer enclosing the core, and a grounding layer enclosing the insulative layer, the core extending beyond the grounding layer; and a conductive element electrically connecting with the connecting portion of a selected conductive terminal. The conductive element electrically connects the grounding layers; and the cores of the wires electrically connect with the connecting portions of the remaining conductive terminals.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cable connector assembly comprising:
a cable connector comprising an insulative housing and a plurality of conductive terminals mounted in the insulative housing, the conductive terminal having a connecting portion;
a cable having a plurality of wires electrically connecting with the connecting portions, the wire comprising a core, an insulative layer enclosing the core,
a grounding layer enclosing the insulative layer, the core extending beyond the grounding layer; and a conductive element electrically connecting with the connecting portion of a selected conductive terminal; and
a sorting block mounted on the insulative housing, and wherein
the conductive element is mounted on the sorting block, wherein
the conductive element electrically connects the grounding layers; and
the cores of the wires electrically connect with the connecting portions of the remaining conductive terminals;
wherein the sorting block comprises an upper surface, a bottom surface, and a front surface, the bottom surface having a first slot and a second slot extending from the first slot, and wherein the conductive element comprises a main body and a connecting portion extending from the main body, the main body received in the first slot, the connecting portion received in the second slot and extending beyond the second slot;
wherein the conductive terminals comprises a plurality of first terminals and second terminals, the connecting portions of the first terminals and the second terminals are arranged in two rows;
wherein each of the first terminals and the second terminals having a contact section, the contact sections of the first terminals being positioned behind the contact sections of the second terminals;
wherein the conductive element comprises a main body parallel to the arrangement direction of the connection portions and a contact end electrically connecting with the selected conductive terminal.

2. The cable connector assembly as recited in claim 1 , wherein the connection portions the contact sections of the first terminals, and the contact sections of the second terminals are in one side of the insulative housing, and wherein the connecting portions of the second terminals are in the other side of the insulative housing.

3. The cable connector assembly as recited in claim 1 , wherein the contact sections of the first terminals are bent and elastic, the contact sections of the second terminals are flat and non-elastic.

4. The cable connector assembly as recited in claim 1 , wherein the contact end of the conductive element has a plurality of holes.

5. The cable connector assembly as recited in claim 1 , wherein the contact end has a plurality of cutouts.

6. The cable connector assembly as recited in claim 1 , wherein length of the main body is larger than length of a row of connecting portions.

7. The cable connector assembly as recited in claim 1 , wherein the insulative housing has a plurality of position grooves fixing the wires.

8. The cable connector assembly as recited in claim 1 , wherein the sorting block defines a plurality of position grooves for fixing the wires.

9. The cable connector assembly as recited in claim 1 , wherein the sorting block has a plurality of mounting posts forward extending from the front surface, and the insulative housing has a plurality of mounting holes receiving the mounting posts.

10. A cable connector assembly comprising:
an insulative housing equipped with a plurality of contacts arrange in one row along a transverse direction, each of said contacts including a front contacting section and a rear connecting section in a front-to-back direction perpendicular to said transverse direction;
a conductive element having a main body extending along the transverse direction corresponding to an occupied area of said contacts in said transverse direction, and an extension along the front-to-back direction corresponding to one selected contact of said contacts;
a cable including a plurality wires located behind the housing, each of said contacts includes an inner conductive core soldered upon the rear connecting section of the corresponding contact, and a grounding layer encircling said inner core with front end mechanically and electrically connected to the main body; wherein
said extension is mechanically and electrically connected to the connecting section of said selected one contact;
wherein said conductive element is retained upon an insulative sorting block which is attached on a rear side of the housing and defines a plurality of position grooves extending along the front-to-back direction and spaced from one another along the said transverse direction to receive and regulate the corresponding wires therein.

11. The cable connector assembly as claimed in claim 10 , wherein said conductive element is retained upon a rear portion of the housing.

12. The cable connector assembly as claimed in claim 10 , further including a plurality of terminals arranged in another row along the transverse direction in the housing, and said sorting block further including another row of position grooves to receive the corresponding wires connected to said terminals.

13. The cable connector assembly as claimed in claim 10 , wherein no wire is mechanically and electrically directly connected to the selected contact.

Assignees

• Foxconn Interconnect Technology Ltd

Inventors

• Wu Jerry
• Chen Jun
• Meng Fan-Bo

Classifications

• H01R13/6593 Primary

  the shield being composed of different pieces · CPC title

• H01R9/038

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01R12/775

  Ground or shield arrangements · CPC title

• H01R4/28 Primary

  Clamped connections, spring connections (made by means of terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits H01R12/00) · CPC title

• H01R13/65918

  wherein each conductor is individually surrounded by shield · CPC title