Connector assembly with the cable positioned inside

• US 7,381,082 B2
• Filed: 10/13/2006
• Issued: 06/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Cheng UEI Precision Industry Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Cheng UEI Precision Industry Company Limited
• Inventors: Lai, Ming-Chun
• Primary Examiner(s): NASRI, JAVAID H
• Application Number:
  US11/580,082
• Publication Number:
  US 20080090438A1
• Time in Patent Office: 599 Days
• Field of Search: 439/417, 439/404, 439/405, 439/419, 439/357
• US Class Current: 439/417
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/675 with contacts having at least a slotted plate for penetration of cable insulation, e.g. insulation displacement contacts for round conductor flat cables
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6275 Latching arms not integral with the housing H01R13/6276, H01R13/6277, H01R13/6278 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 9/2416 Means for guiding or retaining wires or cables connected to terminal blocks
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 9/2491 Terminal blocks structurally associated with plugs or sockets

Abstract

A connector assembly includes a housing, the housing extends upwards to form a pair of elastic retaining arms. A plurality of contacts are received in the housing. A positioning base wedges in the housing, the positioning base has a retaining cavity defined in each of two opposite sides of the positioning base respectively, the inner surface of the retaining cavity protuberates outwards to define a retaining projection for cooperating with the retaining arm. A cable is formed together with the positioning base, one end of the cable is connected to the contacts, the other end of the cable stretches out of the housing.

Claims

1. A connector assembly, comprising:

a housing, the housing extending upwards to form a pair of elastic retaining arms, the housing extending upwards to form a pair of pressing boards, the elastic retaining arms formed between the two pressing boards;

a plurality of contacts received in the housing;

a positioning base wedged in the housing, the pressing boards elastically pressing two opposite sides of the positioning base, the positioning base having a retaining cavity defined in each of two opposite sides of the positioning base respectively, the inner surface of the retaining cavity protuberating outwards to define a retaining projection for cooperating with the retaining arm; and

a cable formed together with the positioning base, one end of the cable being connected to the contacts, the other end of the cable stretching out of the housing.

2. The connector assembly as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a receiving board for receiving the plurality of contacts.

3. The connector assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein the top of the retaining arm extends inwards to define a protuberance, the protuberance pressing against the top of the retaining projection.

4. The connector assembly as claimed in claim 3, wherein the retaining projection is wedge-shaped, a ramp formed between the lower surface of the retaining projection and the inner surface which the retaining projection mounted on, the protuberance sliding upwards along with the ramp and then pressing against the top of the retaining projection.

5. A connector assembly, comprising:

a housing, the housing extending upwards to form a pair of elastic retaining arms, the housing defines a retaining space, the bottom of the retaining space extending upwards to form a pair of pressing boards, the retaining arms mounted between the two pressing boards;

a plurality of contacts received in the housing;

a positioning base wedged in the housing, having

a retaining cavity defined in each of two opposite sides of the positioning base respectively, the inner surface of the retaining cavity protuberating outwards to define a retaining projection for cooperating with the retaining arm, the pressing boards elastically pressing the two opposite sides of the positioning base which the retaining cavities are defined on; and

a cable formed together with the positioning base, one end of the cable being connected to the contacts, the other end of the cable stretching out of the housing.