Patent ID: 9437949
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: H01R,H05K

Claim Text:
1. A cable assembly comprising: a carrier board having a terminating side and a mounting side that face in opposite directions, the terminating side including a contact array of electrical contacts that include a plurality of signal contacts, the mounting side including a mating array of electrical contacts, the contact array and the mating array being interconnected to each other through conductive pathways of the carrier board, wherein the contact array along the terminating side overlaps with the mating array along the mounting side, the carrier board configured to be mounted onto an electrical component having a two-dimensional array such that the mating array electrically engages the two-dimensional array; a plurality of cables having cable end portions that are coupled to the carrier board, the cable end portions including signal conductors having exposed portions that are terminated to corresponding signal contacts of said plurality; and a ground shield coupled to the carrier board, the ground shield extending over the terminating side and covering the cable end portions, the exposed portions of the signal conductors, and the corresponding signal contacts.