Patent ID: 11924970
Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 18:
19. A cable assembly comprising:
a cable having an insulator holding a first signal conductor and a second signal conductor, the cable having a cable shield surrounding the insulator, the first and second signal conductors having exposed portions extending forward of an end of the insulator at an end of the cable, the exposed portions configured to be coupled to a circuit card; and
a ground clip coupled to the end of the cable, the ground clip including a bottom ground rake below the cable and a top ground hood above the cable, the top ground hood being separate and discrete from the bottom ground rake and coupled to the bottom ground rake, the bottom ground rake including a window that receives the exposed portions of the first and second signal conductors therethrough, the bottom ground rake including a lower grounding tab being electrically connected to a lower portion of the cable shield, the top ground hood including an upper grounding tab being electrically connected to an upper portion of the cable shield, the bottom ground rake including a mounting tab configured to be mounted to the circuit card to fix the bottom ground rake relative to the circuit card and electrically connect the bottom ground rake to the circuit card, wherein the ground clip includes a cable pocket between the lower grounding tab and the upper grounding tab, the cable pocket extends in a cable exit direction angled transverse relative to a mounting surface of the circuit card.