Patent ID: 6261127
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A cable assembly particularly suitable for high-speed applications, comprising:an elongated cable having at least two signal wires and a grounding member extending for a length of the cable, said signal wires and grounding member being enclosed within an outer insulative wire covering of said cable, a connector terminated to at least one end of said cable, the connector including an insulative housing and at least two conductive signal terminals, each of the signal terminals including a contact portion and a tail portion, said signal wires being terminated to said signal terminal tail portions, said connector further including a ground terminal having at least one contact portion and a tail portion, the grounding member of said cable being terminated to said ground terminal tail portion, the connector housing including an extension enclosing said signal terminal contact portions, and said connector further including a conductive shield member having first and second ends interconnected by a body portion, the shield member extending over said connector housing such that said ground terminal contact portion conductively contacts said shield member to electrically connect said cable grounding member to said shield member, and said shield member having at least one ground contact portion formed therewith and extending therefrom between portions of said extension, said shield ground contact being formed proximate to said first end of said shield and said ground terminal contact portion contacting said shield proximate to said second end of said shield; andwherein said shield member includes a hollow metal shell with an interior cavity that extends through said shell between said first and second ends thereof, said shell overlying said ground terminal contact portion and having a conductive interior surface that contacts said ground terminal contact portion, said ground contact formed therein proximate to said second end thereof, said ground contact and second ground contact extending into said interior cavity of said shell between portions of said extensions.