CABLE ASSEMBLY WITH SHIELDING MEMBER

• US 20100151734A1
• Filed: 12/11/2009
• Published: 06/17/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: SU, PING-SHENG, WU, XIAO-GANG
• Granted Patent: US 7,927,146 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/607.570
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5816 for cables passing through an aperture in a housing wall, the separate part being captured between cable and contour of aperture
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/648 Protective earth or shield arrangements on coupling devices , e.g. anti-static shielding coaxially arranged shields H01R24/38

Abstract

A cable assembly (100) comprises a first shielding member (1) and a second shielding member (4) assembled together along a front-to-back direction; an insulative housing (2) with a plurality of terminals (3), the insulative housing accommodated in the first shielding member; a cable (7) having a plurality of wires electrically connected to the terminals, respectively; a strain relief member (6) combined with the cable, the strain relief member retained in the second shielding member.

Claims

1. A cable assembly, comprising:

a die-cast first shielding member having a base portion and a mating portion connected with a front wall of the base portion;

an insulative housing with a plurality of terminals, the insulative housing accommodated in the first shielding member; and

a cable having a plurality of wires electrically connected to the terminals, respectively.

2. The cable assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein a tab is formed on the insulative housing and locked into a positioning cavity defined in an inner of the mating portion of the first shielding member.

3. The cable assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein the positioning cavity is disposed adjacent to the base portion of the first shielding member.

4. The cable assembly as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a second shielding member assembled to the first shielding member along a front-to-back direction.

5. The cable assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein the second shielding member has a hollowed body portion with a mounting portion arranged at a front edge thereof and inserted into a loop-shaped recess defined in an inner side of a rear segment of the first shielding portion.

6. The cable assembly as claimed in claim 5, wherein a strain relief member combined with the cable, the strain relief member retained in the second shielding member.

7. The cable assembly as claimed in claim 6, wherein the second shielding member has a rear wall connected to the body portion thereof, and the strain relief member is blocked by the rear wall.

8. The cable assembly as claimed in claim 7, wherein the rear wall of the second shielding member defines a hole, and the strain relief member has a base portion located in front of the rear wall and a boot extending outside via the hole.

9. The cable assembly as claimed in claim 7, wherein a cover encloses the base portion of the first shielding member and body portion of the second shielding member.

10. The cable assembly as claimed in claim 9, wherein the cover is sandwiched between the front wall of the first shielding member and a rear wall of the second shielding member.

11. The cable assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the terminals are divided into distinct rows along a up-to-down direction and mounted to a top and bottom sides of the insulative housing.

12. The cable assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein the second shielding member is made of metallic material.

13. The cable assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein the first shielding member and the second shielding member both only have a front opening and a rear opening.

14. The cable assembly as claimed in claim 9, wherein the cover is tubular shaped member.

15. A cable connector assembly comprising:

a first metallic shielding member essentially being of a tubular configuration with a small front section and large rear section;

an electrical connector including an insulative housing and defining a mating portion snugly received in the small front section, and a plurality of contacts disposed in the mating portion;

a second metallic shielding member essentially being of the tubular configuration similar to said large rear section, said second shielding member compliantly coupling to said large rear section and opposite to the small front section;

a cable including a plurality of wires mechanically and electrically connected to the corresponding contacts, respectively; and

a strain relief member circumferentially enclosing said wires;

wherein said second metallic shielding member includes a rear wall which said strain relief member is engaged with.

16. The cable connector assembly as claimed in claim 15, wherein said cable is equipped with braiding mechanically and electrically connected to the second shielding member.

17. The cable connector assembly as claimed in claim 15, wherein said housing extends in a front-to-back direction essentially with a constant cross-section thereof

18. The cable connector assembly as claimed in claim 15, wherein said second shielding member circumferentially enclosing said large rear section.

19. The cable connector assembly as claimed in claim 15, further including an insulative cover enclosing circumferentially the second shielding member.

20. The cable connector assembly as claimed in claim 19, wherein said cover defines a constant cross-section axially while said first shielding member and said second shielding member not.