Patent ID: 9730357
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: H01R,H05K

Claim:
1. A connector brick for a cable communication system comprising: a header frame including end walls and side walls defining a header opening, the header frame being configured for mating with at least one circuit card; a plurality of cable connectors received in the header opening, each cable connector having cables extending therefrom, each cable connector having a header holding signal contacts at a mating end of the header and configured for mating with a corresponding card connector of the corresponding circuit card, each header having lugs extending therefrom; and cable connector mounts coupled to the end walls and extending into the header opening, the cable connector mounts being interspersed between successive cable connectors and engaging corresponding cable connectors to secure the cable connectors in the header opening, each cable connector mount comprising a front spacer member at a front end of the header frame and a rear spacer member discrete from the front spacer member and located at a rear end of the header frame, the lugs of corresponding headers being captured between and engaging the front spacer members and the rear spacer members to secure the cable connectors in the header opening.