Electrical cable connector assembly with less EMI during signal transmission

• US 8,075,341 B2
• Filed: 09/09/2010
• Issued: 12/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Su, Ping-Sheng, Li, Xiao-Li
• Primary Examiner(s): Paumen, Gary F.
• Application Number:
  US12/878,206
• Publication Number:
  US 20110059646A1
• Time in Patent Office: 460 Days
• Field of Search: 439/607.48, 439/607.5, 439/607.51
• US Class Current: 439/607.48
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5845 the strain relief being achieved by molding parts around cable and connections
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6471 by special arrangement of ground and signal conductors, e.g. GSGS [Ground-Signal-Ground-Signal]
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6593 the shield being composed of different pieces
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6594 the shield being mounted on a PCB and connected to conductive members
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2201/06 for computer periphery

Abstract

An electrical cable connector assembly comprises a metallic shell defining a receiving space and a rear wall enclosing the receiving space, a printed circuit board retained in the receiving space, an electrical connector including an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing, and a cable located behind the printed circuit board and including a wire extending into the receiving space to be soldered on the printed circuit board. The contacts each defines a soldering tail soldered to the printed circuit board. Wherein the rear wall defines a cable ring deep drawn rearwardly therefrom to cover the cable.

Claims

1. An electrical cable connector assembly, comprising:

a metallic shell having an upper shell and a lower shell secured with the upper shell to define a receiving space therebetween, the upper shell having an upper rear wall around the receiving space, the lower shell having a lower rear wall around the receiving space;

an electrical connector retained in the receiving space, and including an insulative housing, and a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing; and

a cable including a wire extending into the receiving space to electrically connect to the contacts, the cable extending rearwardly out of the shell;

wherein the upper rear wall and the lower rear wall each defines a half cable ring extending rearwardly therefrom, the two half cable rings are cooperated with each other to form a complete cable ring fully surrounding the cable, the two half cable rings do not overlap with each other in a radius direction thereof.

2. The electrical cable connector assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cable ring presents as a tubular structure.

3. The electrical cable connector assembly as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an upper cover, and a lower cover assembled with the upper cover to define a cavity accommodating the upper shell and the lower shell therein.

4. The electrical cable connector assembly as claimed in claim 3, wherein the cable includes an outer insulative polymer surrounding the wire, the cable ring directly encloses the insulative polymer.

5. The electrical cable connector assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein the upper shell includes an upper wall, and a first pair of side walls bending downwardly from two opposite sides of the upper wall, the rear wall bends downwardly from a rear end of the upper wall, the receiving space defines an enlarged retaining space defined by front ends of the upper wall and the side walls, the front ends of the upper wall and the side walls are expanded outwardly, the lower shell defines a bottom wall, a pair of side walls bending upwardly from two opposite sides of the bottom wall, a front wall opposited to the rear wall and enclosed the enlarged retaining space, the electrical connector includes a body portion retained in the enlarged retaining space for being prevented from moving along a front-to-rear direction, and a mating portion protruding forwardly to exterior from the body portion.

6. The electrical cable connector assembly as claimed in claim 5, wherein the side walls of the upper shell cover the side walls of the lower shell respectively, the side walls of the upper shell each defines a retaining hole, the side walls of the lower shell each defines a retaining plate retained into the retaining hole for the upper shell being retained with the lower shell reliably.

7. The electrical cable connector assembly as claimed in claim 5, wherein the upper cover and the bottom cover each defines a rear wall, the cable includes a strain relief portion defining a retaining plate sandwiched between the rear wall of the covers and the cable ring in the front-to-rear direction, the insulative polymer partly extends forwardly out of the retaining plate.

8. The electrical cable connector assembly as claimed in claim 7, wherein the strain relief portion has an enlarged column behind the retaining plated to define an annular depression therebetween, the rear walls of the upper cover and the bottom cover are retained in the depression respectively.

9. The electrical cable connector assembly as claimed in claim 8, wherein the upper cover defines a plurality of tubular portions, the bottom cover defines a plurality of post portions retained into the tubular portions respectively.

10. The electrical cable connector assembly as claimed in claim 9, wherein the upper shell and the lower shell are sandwiched between at least two tubular portions or at least two post portions for being prevented from moving in a transverse direction perpendicular to the front-to-rear direction, the upper cover and the bottom cover each defines a front wall abutting against the upper shell and the lower shell for prevented the upper shell and the lower shell from moving forwardly, respectively.

11. The electrical cable connector assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electrical connector is a DVI connector.

12. An electrical cable connector assembly, comprising:

a metallic shell defining a receiving space, and a cable ring extending rearwardly and aparted from the receiving space;

an insulative cover defining a cavity accommodating the shell therein, and a rear wall enclosing the cavity;

an electrical connector having an insulative housing, and a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing, the insulative housing defining a body portion retained in one of the receiving space and the cavity, and a mating portion protruding forwardly out of the insulative cover from the body portion;

a cable including a plurality of wires, and a strain relief portion surrounding around the wires; and

a printed circuit board retained in the receiving space, and mechanically and electrically connected between the wires and the contacts, respectively;

wherein the cable ring encloses the cable, the strain relief portion has a retaining plate sandwiched between the cable ring and the rear wall of the insulative cover for preventing the cable from moving along a front-to-rear direction.

13. The electrical cable connector assembly as claimed in claim 12, wherein the shell defines a rear wall enclosing the receiving space, the cable ring is deep drawn rearwardly from the rear wall and presents as a cylindrical shape.

14. The electrical cable connector assembly as claimed in claim 12, wherein the shell includes an upper shell and a lower shell assembled to the upper shell to define the receiving space, the upper shell and the lower shell each defines a rear wall enclosing the receiving space, the rear wall of the upper shell defines an upper half cable ring deep drawn rearwardly from a bottom edge thereof, the rear wall of the lower shell defines a lower half cable ring deep drawn rearwardly from a top edge thereof, the upper half cable ring and the lower half cable ring are cooperated with each other to form the cable ring.

15. The electrical cable connector assembly as claimed in claim 13, wherein the receiving space defines a enlarged retaining space defined by front ends of a pair of side walls of the upper shell, the lower shell defines a front wall opposited to the rear wall and enclosed the enlarged retaining space, the body portion is retained in the enlarged retaining space for being prevented from moving along the front-to-rear direction.

16. An electrical cable connector comprising:

an inner metallic shell including opposite first and second halves commonly defining a receiving space, each of said first and second halves defining a rear wall in a vertical direction with a half ring structure unitarily extending therefrom, via a drawing process, in a horizontal direction perpendicular to said vertical direction;

an insulative cover enclosing said shell;

an electrical connector received in the receiving space and secured to the shell; and

at least one cable located behind and electrically connected to the connector, said cable including an outer jacket enclosed by a strain relief portion, said strain relief having a retaining plate located between the cover and the rear wall of the shell in said horizontal direction;

wherein

a section of said outer jacket, which is located in front of and proximate the retaining plate, is snugly received between said two half rings of said first and second halves for perfecting EMI (Electro-Magnetic Interference) shielding;

wherein

each of the first and the second halves further includes a pair of vertically extending side walls by two sides of the rear wall under condition that the side walls are not unitarily formed transversely with the rear wall.

17. The electrical cable connector as claimed in claim 16, wherein said two half rings commonly defines a complete ring structure for fully surrounding said section of the jacket of the cable.

18. The electrical cable connector as claimed in claim 17, wherein a printed circuit board is held in the receiving space by said shell, and the connector and the cable are respectively mechanically and electrically connected to opposite front and rear ends of the printed circuit board.