Patent ID: 6832931
Filing Date: 2004-12-21
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical cable assembly, comprising:an insulative housing defining an elongated slot along a longitudinal direction thereof, the housing comprising opposite longitudinal first and second walls located by two sides of the slot, the first wall and the second wall respectively defining a plurality of first passageways and second passageways therein through a rear face of the housing; a plurality of first contacts and second contacts respectively disposed in corresponding first passageways and second passageways, each of the first and second contacts having a tail portion exposed beyond the rear face of the housing; a plurality of wires each comprising at least one conductor electrically connecting with a corresponding contact; and a spacer attached to the housing and defining a first side and an opposite second side along the longitudinal direction, the fist side being provided with a plurality of grooves and a plurality of holes in communication with corresponding grooves, the second side being provided with a platform forming a plurality of partitions thereon; wherein the holes of the spacer are located at positions corresponding to the first passageways, the tail portions of the first contacts pass through corresponding holes to be received and constrained in the grooves, and the tail portions of the second contacts directly extend along the platform and are separated by the partitions; wherein the housing defines a recess in the rear face in communication with the first and the second passageways, and wherein the spacer comprises a stop block extending beyond the first side and the second side and fittingly in the recess; wherein the grooves provided in the first side of the spacer have different size in the longitudinal direction.