Cable connector assembly with wire management member

• US 7,467,969 B2
• Filed: 01/17/2008
• Issued: 12/23/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Xu, Bin, Liu, Su-Feng, Cheng, Wei-Ya
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Truc T
• Application Number:
  US12/009,170
• Publication Number:
  US 20080171476A1
• Time in Patent Office: 341 Days
• Field of Search: 439/493, 439/497, 439/701
• US Class Current: 439/493
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/57 surface mounting terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/598 Each conductor being individually surrounded by shield, e.g. multiple coaxial cables in flat structure
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/65915 Twisted pair of conductors surrounded by shield
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6658 on printed circuit board H01R13/6666 - H01R13/6691 take precedence

Abstract

A cable connector assembly (100) according to the present invention includes an insulator (2), a PCB (5) and a wire management member (4). The insulator includes a front side, a rear side, a number of terminal passages (24) between the front side and the rear side, and a number of terminals (3) respectively mounted in the terminal passages, each of the terminals has a tail (33) extended out of the rear side of the insulator. The PCB is located behind the insulator and includes a number of first conductive pads (51) which connect with the corresponding terminals and a number of second conductive pads (52) which is soldered to a number of wires (6), the first conductive pads electrically connect with the corresponding second conductive pads. The wire management member is held by the insulator, and defines a number of wire management grooves (421) above the PCB and adjacent to the second conductive pads, the wire management grooves receives the corresponding wires for enabling the wires to be respectively soldered to the second conductive pads.

Claims

1. A cable connector assembly, comprising:

an insulator comprising a front side, a rear side, a plurality of terminal passages between said front side and said rear side, and a plurality of terminals respectively mounted in the terminal passages, the terminals each having a tail extended out of said rear side of the insulator;

a PCB located behind the insulator and comprising a plurality of first conductive pads which connect with the corresponding terminals and a plurality of second conductive pads which is soldered to a plurality of wires, the first conductive pads electrically connecting with the corresponding second conductive pads; and

a wire management member, the wire management member held by the insulator, and defining a plurality of wire management grooves above the PCB and adjacent to the second conductive pads, the wire management grooves receiving the corresponding wires for enabling the wires to be respectively soldered to the second conductive pads.

2. The cable connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein the wire management grooves opens to the corresponding second conductive pads so that the wires received in the wire management grooves connect with the second conductive pads.

3. The cable connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of cavities are defined contiguous with the corresponding terminal passages to insert the terminals into the insulator in assistance with the terminal passages, and a plurality of projection rod formed with the wire management member are inserted into the corresponding cavities to prevent the terminals from withdrawing and hold the wire management on the insulator.

4. The cable connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein the insulator comprises a cavity between said front side and said rear side, and the wire management member comprises a projection rod received in the cavity to hold the wire management member on the insulator.

5. The cable connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein the wire management member further comprises a baffle board formed integral with and in front of the wire management grooves, and the baffle board has a plurality of terminal slots to permit the terminals to pass through.

6. The cable connector assembly according to claim 5, wherein a projection rod projects forwards from the baffle board, and the rear side of the insulator comprises a cavity to receive the projection rod.

7. The cable connector assembly according to claim 5, wherein the rear side of the insulator defines a room shaped the same with the baffle board to receive the baffle board.

8. A cable connector assembly, comprising:

an insulator comprising a front side, a rear side, a plurality of terminal passages between said front side and said rear side, a cavity opening rearwards, and a plurality of terminals respectively mounted in the terminal passages, the terminals each having a tail extended out of said rear side of the insulator;

a PCB located behind the insulator and comprising a top surface and a bottom surface, the top surface having a plurality of first conductive pads which are soldered to the corresponding terminals, the bottom surface having a plurality of second conductive pads which is soldered to a plurality of wires, the first conductive pads electrically connecting with the corresponding second conductive pads; and

a wire management member comprising a projection and a plurality of wire management grooves extending rearwards from the projection, the projection being received in the cavity to hold the wire management member on the insulator, the wire management grooves located on the bottom surface of the PCB and adjacent to the second conductive pads, the wire management grooves receiving the corresponding wires for enabling the wires to be respectively soldered to the second conductive pads.

9. The cable connector assembly according to claim 8, wherein the wire management grooves opens to the corresponding second conductive pads so that the wires received in the wire management grooves connect with the second conductive pads.

10. The cable connector assembly according to claim 8, wherein the cavity is contiguous with one of the terminal passages.

11. The cable connector assembly according to claim 8, wherein the wire management member further comprises a baffle board extending beyond the top surface and the bottom surface of the PCB in a vertical direction, and the baffle board comprises a plurality of terminal slots to permit the tails of the terminals to pass through, and said projection projects forwards from the baffle board.

12. The cable connector assembly according to claim 11, wherein the rear side of the insulator defines a room shaped the same with the baffle board to receive the baffle board.

13. The cable connector assembly according to claim 11, wherein a rectangular wire management board projects rearwards to a rear end of the PCB from the baffle board, and the wire management board is below and abuts against the PCB;

said wire management grooves is defined in the rear end of the wire management board.

14. The cable connector assembly according to claim 8, wherein the wire management member further comprises a baffle board extending beyond the top surface and the bottom surface of the PCB in a vertical direction, the baffle board comprises a plurality of terminal slots to permit the tails of the terminals to pass through, and said projection is below one of the terminal slots;

in accordance, said cavity is contiguous with and behind one of the terminal passages.

15. An electrical connector comprising:

an insulative housing defining a mating end and a connection end;

a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing, each of said contacts defining a mating section exposed around the mating end, and a tail section extending out of the connection end;

a wire organizer intimately position behind the connection end and defining a first plate, which is generally defined in an up-and-down direction, with therein a plurality of through holes through which said tail sections guidably extend, and a second plate, which is generally defined in a front-to-back direction and defining a plurality of slots therein; and

a printed circuit board positioned behind the wire organizer and defining first and second solder pads respectively on opposite first and second surfaces thereof;

wherein

the first solder pads are electrically and mechanically connected to the corresponding tail sections, and the second solder pads are respectively exposed in the corresponding slots to electrically and mechanically connect said corresponding wires which are respectively received in the corresponding slots.

16. The connector as claimed in claim 15, further including complementary interengaging devices between the wire organizer and the printed circuit board.

17. The connector as claimed in claim 15, wherein second plate is essentially seated upon second surface of the printed circuit board.

18. The connector as claimed in claim 17, wherein a thickness of the printed circuit board is similar to a distance between a sitting face of the second plate on which the second surface of the printed circuit board is seated, and a common line which is defined by said through holes in a transverse direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction and said up-and-down direction.

19. The connector as claimed in claim 15, where said first plate extends vertically.

20. The connector as claimed in claim 15, wherein said second plate extends horizontally.