Cable assembly with improved wire holding device

• US 8,070,513 B2
• Filed: 03/19/2010
• Issued: 12/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Ko, David, Zhao, Jim
• Primary Examiner(s): GUSHI, ROSS N
• Application Number:
  US12/727,419
• Publication Number:
  US 20110230088A1
• Time in Patent Office: 627 Days
• Field of Search: 439/604, 439/736, 439/497, 439/579, 298/58, 298/83, 298/82
• US Class Current: 439/579
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/716 Coupling device provided on the PCB
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6593 the shield being composed of different pieces
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 9/0512 Connections to an additional grounding conductor
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 9/0515 Connection to a rigid planar substrate, e.g. printed circuit board
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49218 with deforming

Abstract

A cable assembly includes a housing including a main body and a piece of mushy insulation block on the housing, a plurality of contacts receiving in the main body of the housing, and a plurality of cable. Each of the cable includes at least an inner conductor and an outer insulation layer. The inner conductors are soldered to the contacts and the outer insulation layer each has a part fixed in the mushy insulation block of the housing.

Claims

1. A cable assembly, comprising:

a housing comprising a main body and a piece of mushy insulation block on the housing;

a plurality of contacts receiving in the main body of the housing;

a plurality of cables each being a coaxial cable and comprising at least an inner conductor, an inner insulation layer, an outer insulation layer, and an outer conductor, said inner conductors being soldered to the contacts and said outer insulation layers each having a part fixed in the mushy insulation block of the housing.

2. The cable assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the housing further comprises a spacer, said spacer comprises a flat floor and the insulation block is formed on the flat floor, said outer conductor is received in the flat floor.

3. The cable assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the main body of the housing comprises a receiving space therein, an upper surface and a lower surface, said receiving space has a plurality of receiving slots downward extending from the upper surface to communicate to the receiving space.

4. The cable assembly as claimed in claim 3, wherein the housing further comprises a plurality of passageways respectively corresponding to the receiving slots and formed by extending along a front-to-back direction perpendicular to the receiving slots.

5. The cable assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein the contacts comprises a plurality of pairs of contacts which each comprises a first contact and a second contact.

6. The cable assembly as claimed in claim 5, wherein the first and second contacts respectively comprises a J-shaped section, a soldering section narrower than the J-shaped section, and a connecting section connecting the J-shaped section to the soldering section.

7. The cable assembly as claimed in claim 6, wherein the J-shaped section of the first contact is mirror symmetrical with the J-shaped section of the second contact, the connecting sections of the two contacts respectively comprising a narrower end connected to the soldering section and a wider end connected to the J-shaped section.

8. The cable assembly as claimed in claim 7, wherein the connecting section of the first contact extends along a straight line and the connecting section of the second contact is bend to approximately form a U-shaped configuration.

9. The cable assembly as claimed in claim 6, wherein the J-shaped sections of the pair of contacts are respectively received in the receiving through of the main body, the soldering sections are respectively receiving in the passageways of the main body, the connecting sections respectively passes through the receiving slots of the main body, and the inner conductors of the cables are connected to the soldering sections of the conductors.

10. A method of making a cable assembly, comprising:

firstly, providing a housing with receiving space and a plurality of receiving grooves formed by a plurality of ribs;

secondly, providing a plurality of contacts and make them received in the receiving space;

thirdly, providing a plurality of cables which each has at least an inner conductor touched the contacts and an outer insulation layer with a part received in the receiving grooves;

fourthly, melting the ribs to flow into the receiving grooves and when the liquid ribs changed to solid again, the part of the outer insulation layer should be fixed in the receiving grooves;

fifthly, soldering the inner conductors of the cables onto the contacts by soldering device.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the cable further comprises an inner insulation layer and an outer conductor covered the outer insulation layer.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising one step between the fourth step and the fifth step to provide a grounding bar fixed on the outer conductors of the cables to electrically connecting to all outer conductors.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12, further comprising one step after the fifth step to provide a shell assembled onto the housing.

14. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the housing comprises a spacer, the receiving grooves and ribs are arranged on the spacer.

15. An electrical cable connector comprising:

an insulative housing defining a main body with a mating port thereof, and a mushy insulation block positioned upon the housing;

a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing with contacting sections exposed in the mating port and with tail sections exposed in the insulation block; and

a plurality of cables each including an conductor and an insulator enclosing said conductor;

wherein

the conductor is soldered to the corresponding tail section, while the insulator is essentially circumferentially enclosed by the insulation block except along an axial direction under condition that said insulation block is originally formed with a plurality of grooves each separated by corresponding ribs and communicating with an exterior in both the axial direction and a radial direction while being deformed to be sealed in said radial direction after the corresponding cable is inserted thereinto wherein the cable and the corresponding ribs are attached to each other, wherein attachment between the ribs and the corresponding cable is made via fusion thermally.

16. The electrical cable connector as claimed in claim 15, wherein the insulation block and the housing is of one piece unitarily.

17. The electrical cable connector as claimed in claim 15, wherein the contacting sections of the contacts are arranged in one row while the tail sections of the contacts are arranged in two rows.

18. The electrical cable connector as claimed in claim 17, wherein the tail sections are located on one longitudinal side of the housing while the cables extend away from the housing on the other longitudinal side.