Patent ID: 9033738
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A cable assembly comprising: an insulative housing; a plurality of terminals assembled to the insulative housing, the plurality of terminals comprising several pairs of differential signal terminals and at least one grounding terminal intervened between each of two adjacent pairs of differential signal terminals along a transversal direction, each of terminal defining a front mating portion, a rear soldering portion and a body portion connecting with the mating portion and the soldering portion, the front mating portions of the plurality of terminals located on a row, the body portions and rear soldering portions of the plurality of terminals respectively located on two rows along an up-to-down direction, and body portions and rear soldering portions of each differential signal terminals located on two upper and lower rows; wherein there is only one grounding terminal intervened between two adjacent pairs of differential signal terminals, the grounding terminal defines an extending portion extending along a vertical direction to totally spaced apart the body portions and rear soldering portions of two adjacent pairs of differential signal terminals respectively located on two upper and lower rows along a transversal direction, wherein the cable assembly further comprises a metallic shell shielding the housing, an insulative cover surrounding the metallic shell, wherein the cable assembly further comprising a cable electrically connected to the soldering portions of the plurality of terminals.