Patent ID: 9274291
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: G02B,H05K

Claim Text:
1. A plug connector for connecting a cable to a receptacle connector, comprising: a housing comprising an upper housing portion assembled to a lower housing portion, the assembled portions defining a cavity within the housing; a plurality of printed circuit boards disposed in the housing cavity; a cable disposed in the housing cavity and connected to the plurality of printed circuit boards; wherein the assembled upper and lower housing portions define a first housing sidewall comprising an upper sidewall portion from the upper housing portion and a lower sidewall portion from the lower housing portion, the upper and lower sidewall portions defining a gap in the first housing sidewall at an interface between the upper and lower sidewall portions of the first housing sidewall, the gap extending at least partially along a length of the first housing sidewall, wherein the plug connector further comprises one or more elastically deformable pads configured to hold at least one of the plurality of printed circuit boards in place within the housing cavity, wherein the one or more elastically deformable pads comprise: