Patent ID: 8834197
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A cable assembly comprising: a metallic housing defining a receiving room and a plurality of plates in the receiving room; a printed circuit board received in the receiving room, the printed circuit board defining a front mating portion and a rear terminating portion, the rear terminating portion defining a plurality of slits for the plates to extend through; and a cable comprising a plurality conductive wires electrically connected with the rear terminating portion of the printed circuit board and spaced apart from each other by the plates; wherein the rear terminating portion has a plurality of first and second conductive pads respectively formed on opposite top and bottom surfaces thereof and arranged along a transversal direction; wherein each of the conductive wires of the cable defines a pair of signal wires and a grounding wire, the pair of signal wires are soldered to two first conductive pads of the printed circuit board and the grounding wire is soldered to one second conductive pad of the printed circuit board; wherein a spacer defines a plurality of passageways for the plurality of conductive wires to pass through and having two clamping portions extending thereof engaging with the rear terminating portion of the printed circuit board; and wherein a gasket has spring tabs surrounding the metallic housing.