CABLE CONNECTOR HAVING FASTENING MEMBER

• US 20070082536A1
• Filed: 09/26/2006
• Published: 04/12/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Kuo, Peter
• Granted Patent: US 7,214,087 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/364
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/725 containing contact members presenting a contact carrying strip, e.g. edge-like strip
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6215 using one or more bolts
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2201/18 for television

Abstract

A cable connector (100) in accordance with the present invention includes an insulative housing (1) defining a number of passageways (13) therethrough, a number of contacts (2) assembled to the insulative housing and respectively received in the passageways, a cable (5) including a number of conductors (50) respectively electrically connecting with connecting portions of the contacts to form a number of junctions, a cover (6) enclosing the rear end of the housing (1) and junctions between the contacts (2) and the cable (5), the cover (6) having a mating face (620) having at least a longer edge (622) and a projection (621) formed on outer periphery of the cover (6) with front surface coplanar with the mating face of the cover the projection and defining a fastening hole (6210) therethrough; and a fastening member (7) inserted into the cover and coupling with the fastening hole (6210) for fastening the cable connector (100) to a coupling device.

Claims

1. A cable connector, comprising:

an insulative housing defining a plurality of passageways therethrough;

a plurality of contacts assembled to the insulative housing and respectively received in the passageways;

a cable comprising a plurality of conductors respectively electrically connecting with the contacts to form a plurality of junctions;

a cover enclosing the rear end of the housing and junctions between the contacts and the cable, the cover having a mating face having at least a longer edge and a projection formed on an outer periphery of the cover with a front surface coplanar with the mating face of the cover the projection and defining a fastening hole therethrough; and

a fastening member fixed to the cover and coupling with the fastening hole for fastening the cable connector to a coupling device.

2. The cable connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cover further comprises a step formed in the inner periphery of the fastening hole.

3. The cable connector as claimed in claim 2, wherein the diameter of the rear portion of the fastening hole is different from that of the front portion of the fastening hole, and the length of the wider portion of the fastening hole is different from that of the narrower portion.

4. The cable connector as claimed in claim 2, wherein the fastening member comprises an operating portion, a fastening portion, and a flange protruding outwardly from the end of the base portion and adjoining the fastening portion to couple with the step in the fastening hole in the cover.

5. The cable connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cover of the cable connector comprises an inner mold enclosing the junctions of the contacts and the conductors of the cable and an outer mold enclosing the inner mold and the cable.

6. The cable connector as claimed in claim 5, wherein the projection is formed on the out periphery of the outer mold.

7. The cable connector as claimed in claim 5, further comprising a conductive shell enclosing the insulative housing, and wherein the rear portion of the conductive shell is enclosed by the inner mold.

8. The cable connector as claimed in claim 6, wherein the cable connector further comprises a spacer sealing the rear portion of the insulative housing.

9. The cable connector as claimed in claim 7, wherein the spacer has at least a protrusion on upper and lower surfaces and wherein the conductive shell defines an engaging hole coupling with the projection.

10. The cable connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cable connector is in accordance with HDMI (High-Definition Digital Multimedia Interface) standard.

11. The cable connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the insulative housing comprises an upper wall, a lower wall and a receiving space formed therebetween, the upper wall parallels the lower wall and shorter than the lower wall.

12. The cable connector as claimed in claim 11, wherein the passageways are formed in the inner surfaces of the upper wall and lower wall and wherein the numbers of the passageways on the upper wall and lower wall are not equal to each other.

13. A cable connector assembly comprising:

an insulative housing defining a mating port in a front portion thereof and defining a mating direction along a front-to-back direction;

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

a cable having a plurality of conductors electrically connected to the corresponding contacts, respectively;

an insulative cover integrally molded over a rear portion of the housing and a front portion of the cable; and

said cover defines a protrusion with a locking screw attached thereto and back and forth moveable along said front-to-back direction;

wherein

said mating port defines a long side and a short side, and the locking screw is located by the long side and accessibly operable from two sides of said locking screw along said long side.

14. The connector assembly as claimed in claim 13, wherein said cover and said housing are made from different materials.

15. The connector assembly as claimed in claim 13, wherein a surface of said cover, which the locking screw is located on, is raised for protecting a tail of the locking screw.

16. The connector assembly as claimed in claim 13, wherein said protrusion defines a peak configuration and the locking screw is close to said peak.