Patent ID: 6786762
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A cable assembly comprising:a plurality of wire elements; each of the wire elements having a plurality of signal conductors encompassed by a dielectric sheath, and the sheath encompassed by a conductive shield; the wire elements each having a first end, the first ends being arranged side-by-side in a row; a terminal element connected to the wire elements; the terminal element having a top surface and a bottom surface, an array of first contacts formed on the top surface, and an array of second contacts formed on at least one of the top surface and the bottom surface, each of the first contacts being electrically connected by a way of a conductive path extending between the top surface and the bottom surface to a corresponding one of the second contacts; and each of the signal conductors of the wire elements being ohmically connected to a corresponding one of the first contacts.