Patent ID: 7789703
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector assembly comprising: a cable comprising a conductor and a cable shield at least partially surrounding the cable conductor, the cable shield configured to be connected to an electrical ground; a connector including a contact and a shield, the shield comprising conductive walls and a cradle, the walls extending from a mating interface to the cradle and at least partially surrounding the contact, the mating interface configured to receive a mating connector, the cradle comprising sidewalls interconnected by a coupling wall, the sidewalls and coupling wall extending from a loading interface toward the mating interface and shaped to receive the cable through the loading interface; and a resistance weld disposed between the cable shield and the coupling wall of the cradle and electrically coupling the shield to the cable shield, wherein the shield of the connector is electrically connected to the electrical ground by the resistance weld and the cable shield, and the cable shield is electrically coupled to the shield of the connector without crimping the cable shield.