Patent ID: 6572407
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A cable end connector assembly, comprising:a coaxial cable including an inner conductor, a braiding layer, an inner insulator separating the inner conductor and the braiding layer, and an outer insulator surrounding the braiding layer; and a cable end connector assembled to an end portion of the coaxial cable, comprising: a one piece insulative housing including a base portion and a tubular portion supported on said base portion; a terminal received in said housing, the terminal having a bottom portion having a lower face soldered to the inner conductor of the coaxial cable and a mating wing extending upwardly from the bottom portion for electrically engaging with a complementary connector; a metal shell including a planar portion attached to a bottom face of said base portion, and a trunk portion connected to said planar portion and enclosing said tubular portion of said housing, said trunk portion including a pair of arms extending rearwardly to engage with the braiding layer of the coaxial cable; and a discrete conductive retainer including a pair of locking tabs respectively depending downwardly from opposite sides of the retainer for retaining the arms to the planar portion, and a contacting portion depressed from a top wall of the retainer to engage with the braiding layer of the coaxial cable; wherein the base portion of the housing defines a groove in a bottom surface thereof to receive the inner conductor and the inner insulator of the coaxial cable, and wherein the tubular portion of the housing defines a passageway in communication with the groove, the wing of the terminal being received in the passageway; wherein the base portion of the housing comprises a pair of engaging blocks protruding laterally therefrom, and the trunk portion of the metal shell defines a pair of corresponding holding recesses for receiving the engaging blocks.