Patent ID: 6428359
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
A cable connector comprising a housing, which forms a shielding and/or which is provided with a shielding, and at least one connector module placed within the housing, which module comprises a body of an electrically insulating material, a circuit substrate comprising a grounding layer and one or more terminals mounted on the circuit substrate, wherein the shielding of the housing is electrically connected to the grounding layer of the circuit substrate and wherein the housing contains a resilient clip of a electrically conducting material, which clip establishes electrical contact between the grounding layer of the circuit substrate and, upon connection of the cable connector to a counterpart, a grounding layer comprised in that counterpart and further wherein the housing comprises a protruding projection that contacts the grounding layer of the circuit substrate and that established electrical contact between the shielding and the grounding layer.