Patent ID: 9490588
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. A carrier for terminating a multi-wire cable, the multi-wire cable including a plurality of electrical wires, pairs of the electrical wires being encased in an insulative covering, each insulative covering including an exterior grounding shield associated therewith, the carrier holding the cable wire pairs in a preselected position and further interconnecting the cable wire pairs together to define a common ground, the carrier comprising: a conductive carrier member, the conductive carrier member including a preselected width large enough to permit spacing of the cable wire pairs thereupon in a pattern, wherein adjacent cable wire pairs are separated by an intervening space, the conductive carrier member including a plurality of nest portions defining a hollow enclosure for receiving and contacting one of the cable wire pairs, each nest portion including contact portions for contacting exterior grounding shields of the cable wire pairs and being interconnected together by base portions, each base portion including mounting surfaces for contacting and mounting the conductive carrier member to a ground plane of a connector, wherein the conductive carrier member is formed from an insulative block.