Right angle cable assembly having locking member

• US 20060252296A1
• Filed: 07/03/2006
• Published: 11/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Wu, Jerry
• Granted Patent: US 7,326,076 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/358
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6275 Latching arms not integral with the housing H01R13/6276, H01R13/6277, H01R13/6278 take precedence

Abstract

A cable assembly (1) includes an insulative housing (10), a number of contacts (20) disposed in the housing, an insulator (70) with a base (71) and a distal portion (72) extending upwardly from the base, a plurality of cables (40), and a cover (50), the cables comprises a plurality of conductors (43) received in the distal portion of the insulator, passing through the base and connected to a rear portion of the housing, the cover assembled on the rear portion of the housing, enclosing insulator, and has a body portion (510), and a receiving portion (511) behind the body portion, the base of the insulator are received of in the body portion, and the distal portion of the insulator are received in the receiving portion, said cables extend out of the cover from a lateral side thereof.

Claims

1. A cable assembly mating with a complementary connector along a front-to-back direction, comprising:

an insulative housing defining a pair of first retention cavities;

a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing;

a plurality of cables extending along a left-to-right direction perpendicular to the front-to-back direction with a plurality of conductors;

a cover assembled on the rear portion of the housing, and defining a body portion, a receiving portion extending upwardly from the body portion and a pair of opposite side portions with a pair of U-shaped second retention cavities therein, respectively, the base of the insulator being received in the body portion, and the distal portion of the insulator being received in the receiving portion, the first retention cavities aligned with the corresponding second retention cavities in the front-to-back direction; and

a pair of locking members received in the second retention cavities of the covers and extending into the first retention cavities of the housing.

11. The cable assembly as described in claim 1, further comprises a spacer mounted on a rear end of the housing, and wherein the contacts extend through the spacer.

12. The cable assembly as described in claim 1, wherein the housing defines a receiving space therein and a partition wall extending along a longitudinal direction, the receiving space is divided by a partition wall into two ports.

13. The cable end connector assembly as described in claim 12, wherein one of the two ports of the housing is L-shaped.

2. The cable assembly as described in claim 2, further comprises an insulator, and wherein the cable extends into the insulator along the left-to-right direction.

3. The cable assembly as described in claim 2, wherein the cover comprises an upper cover and a lower cover.

4. The cable end connector assembly as described in claim 3, wherein the upper and the lower cover are assembled on the housing along an up-to-down direction perpendicular to the front-to-back direction and the left-to-right direction.

5. The cable assembly as described in claim 4, wherein the upper and the lower covers are retaining together by a screw.

6. The cable assembly as described in claim 5, wherein the upper cover comprises a body portion, and two side portions are formed at the opposite sides of the body portion, each side portion comprises an U-shaped receiving cavity.

7. The cable assembly as described in claim 6, wherein the lower cover comprises a body portion, and two side portions are formed at the opposite sides of the body portion, each side portion comprises an U-shaped receiving cavity, and the receiving cavities on the upper cover and lower cover are formed said second retention cavities.

8. The cable end connector assembly as described in claim 7, wherein the upper and lower cover comprises a positioning post and a positioning hole formed on respective inner surface and the positioning post extends into the positioning hole for position the upper and lower covers in right place.

9. The cable assembly as described in claim 8, wherein the side portions of the upper and the lower covers, each comprises a screw-hole, and said screws pass through the screw-holes on the upper and lower covers.

10. The cable assembly as described in claim 9, wherein the upper and the lower covers comprise a semi-circular opening, respectively, and forms a circular opening together for letting the cable extend out of the cover.

14. A cable connector assembly comprising:

an insulative housing defining a mating port communicating with an exterior in a front-to-back direction;

a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing and exposed to the mating port;

a cable connected to a rear side of the housing and electrically connected to the corresponding contacts;

a cover including two halves commonly enclosing the cable and the housing, said, said cover essentially defining two long sides and two short sides with the mating port located on one of said long sides and with on one of said two short sides a passage through which the cable extends so as to allow the cable to extend in a transverse direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction;

wherein

locking structures are integrally formed on the cover along the other of the long sides, and auxiliary fastening devices are applied on said two short sides.

15. The assembly as claimed in claim 14, wherein said auxiliary fastening device are applied to the one of said two short sides farther from the passage more than the other closer to the passage.