Cable connector assembly

• US 8,251,733 B2
• Filed: 01/27/2011
• Issued: 08/28/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Wu, Jerry
• Primary Examiner(s): VU, HIEN D
• Application Number:
  US13/015,295
• Publication Number:
  US 20110195586A1
• Time in Patent Office: 579 Days
• Field of Search: 439/352, 439/76.1, 439/358, 439/160
• US Class Current: 439/352
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/512 assembled by screw or screws
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/633 for disengagement only in combination with safety switch H01R13/7132
• 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 13/6585 Shielding material individually surrounding or interposed between mutually spaced contacts
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6593 the shield being composed of different pieces
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6595 with separate members fixing the shield to the PCB
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6658 on printed circuit board H01R13/6666 - H01R13/6691 take precedence

Abstract

A cable connector assembly includes a housing including a first base and a second base coupled with the first base, at least a circuit board received in the housing and defining two rows of conductive pads located at two opposite sides thereof, at least a cable including a plurality of conductors electrically connecting with one row of the conductive pads of the circuit board, a pulling mechanism movably fixed to an outside face of the housing and separating the cable connector assembly from a complementary cable connector, and a metal shell partially shielding the pulling mechanism. The second base defines through grooves. The first base includes locking pieces inserted into the through grooves with free ends extending out of the through grooves from the outside face and bended to abut against the outside face of the housing.

Claims

1. A cable connector assembly comprising:

a housing comprising a first base and a second base coupled with the first base,

at least a circuit board received in the housing and defining two rows of conductive pads located at two opposite sides thereof;

at least a cable comprising a plurality of conductors electrically connecting with one row of the conductive pads of the circuit board;

a pulling mechanism movably fixed to an outside face of the housing and separating the cable connector assembly from a complementary cable connector;

a metal shell partially shielding the pulling mechanism;

wherein the second base defines through grooves, the first base comprises locking pieces inserted into the through grooves with free ends extending out of the through grooves from the outside face and bended to abut against the outside face of the housing by the metal shell;

wherein the cable connector assembly comprises two circuit boards and a partition wall made of insulative material between the two circuit boards, a metal board is insert-molded in the partition wall;

wherein the metal board defines a plurality of through holes and comprises a plurality of position legs extending out of the partition wall, the circuit boards define a plurality of position holes retaining the position legs; and

wherein the pulling mechanism comprises a retaining member, a pulling member and a pulling tape, the pulling member defines a fixing hole surrounding by a pair of side strips and a front strip, the retaining member defines an engaging portion running across the fixing hole and retained in the second base and an inclined connecting portion abutting against the front strip.

2. The cable connector assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the outside face of the second base defines retaining grooves communicating with the through grooves, the free ends of the locking pieces received in the retaining grooves.

3. The cable connector assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein the metal shell is torn apart a pair of U-shaped hooks, the retaining grooves are big enough to receive the free ends of the locking pieces and the U-shaped hooks, the U-shaped hooks envelop the free ends of the locking pieces.

4. The cable connector assembly as claimed in claim 3, wherein the metal shell defines a plurality of first screws, the second base defines a plurality of second screws corresponding to the first screws, a plurality of bolts are inserted in the first screws and the second screws.

5. The cable connector assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein the second screws and the U-shaped hooks are respectively adjacent to two opposite sides of the metal shell.

6. The cable connector assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the outside face of the second base defines a cutout at a front side, a pair of arc-shaped blocks is formed in two sides of the cutout and the side strips of the fixing hole abut against the arc-shaped blocks.

7. An electrical connector comprising:

a housing including a pair of bases assembled to each other to commonly define a receiving space which communicates with an exterior in a front-to-back direction;

a mating port defined in said receiving space;

a cable assembly extending into the receiving space and electrically connected to the mating port;

a latch mechanism assembled on an exterior face of one of said bases and said latch mechanism protectively covered by a metal shield in a vertical direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction;

said one of the bases defining a plurality of holes extending through the exterior face, the other of the bases defining a plurality of deflectable arms extending into the receiving space and through the corresponding holes, respectively, and further bent onto the exterior face by said metal shield to secure the pair of bases together under condition that the distal end regions of said deflectable arms are protectively hidden under the shield;

wherein the cable connector assembly comprises two circuit boards and a partition wall made of insulative material between the two circuit boards, a metal board is insert-molded in the partition wall; and

wherein the metal board defines a plurality of through holes and comprises a plurality of position legs extending out of the partition wall, the circuit boards define a plurality of position holes retaining the position legs.