Cable connector assembly

• US 6,722,924 B1
• Filed: 12/24/2002
• Issued: 04/20/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Cai, Zhigang, Zhou, Hong Bin
• Primary Examiner(s): Nasri, Javaid H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): LE, THANH TAM T
• Application Number:
  US10/330,990
• Time in Patent Office: 483 Days
• Field of Search: 439/95, 439/607, 439/609, 439/610, 439/608, 439/701
• US Class Current: 439/607.23
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/659 with plural ports for distinct connectors
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 27/02 for simultaneous co-operation with two or more dissimilar counterparts

Abstract

A cable connector assembly (1) includes a housing (10), a pair of first electrical connectors (20), a pair of second electrical connectors (30), a shielding member (40), a pair of first cables (50) and a second cable (50). The housing has an elongate base (103). The base has a mating face (105) and a rear face (106) opposite to the mating face. The base defines a pair of first cavities (101) and a pair of second cavities (102) arranged side by side and extending inwardly from the mating face. The first cables and the second cable respectively electrically and mechanically connects with the first electrical connectors and the second electrical connectors and extend beyond the rear face for being mounted on a mother board of an electronic apparatus. The shielding member is assembled on the housing. The cable connector assembly can be fastened on a panel of the electronic apparatus for providing input/output ports.

Claims

1. A cable connector assembly comprising:

a housing having an elongate base and defining a pair of first and a pair of second cavities arranged in a side by side manner, an intermediate wall partitioning the first and the second cavities, a pair of positioning slits defined on an upper side of the base respectively in communicating with the pair of second cavities, a pair of side blocks protruding outwardly from a pair of lateral ends of the base, wherein each of said side blocks defines a retaining hole, a pair of wedge ribs being disposed respectively at a top and a bottom of each of said blocks, a plurality of holding portions respectively projecting upwardly and downwardly from a top and bottom face of the base, each of the holding portions being L-shaped and defining a cutout at a front end thereof between the holding portion and a top face of the base for receiving edges of a shielding member;

a pair of typical Universal Serial Bus connectors and a pair of typical audio jack connectors respectively received in the first and second pairs of the cavities, each of the audio jack connectors defining a cutout adjacent to a mating portion and a grounding terminal extending into the cutout;

a shielding member enclosing a front portion of the housing, the shielding member comprising a front wall defining a pair of rectangular holes aligning with the pair of the first cavities and a pair of round holes aligning with the pair of second cavities, a pair of side walls each stamped to form a plurality of engaging taps protruding outwardly for electrically engaging with a panel of a computer and a pair of contact taps protruding inwardly extending through the positioning slits of the housing and electrically mating with the grounding terminal retained in the cutout, a pair of side plates each bent form a rear side of lateral walls and defining a hole corresponding to the retaining hole of the side block of the housing for a corresponding screw extending therethrough, a plurality of engaging taps stamped and protruding forwardly therefrom for electrically engaging with the panel of the computer, a pair of retaining flakes respectively bent from top and lower sides of each side plate defining a cutout for receiving a corresponding wedge rib of the side block for providing a retention therebetween.

2. The cable connector assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the housing defines a plurality of passageways extending inwardly from the rear face of the base receiving the first cable and the second cable therein.