Patent ID: 6666719
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
A cable connector removably attachable to a circuit board for electrically interconnecting the circuit board and a multi-conductor shielded cable, the cable connector comprising:a cable receptacle having a housing in which cable conductors can be terminated; an elongated housing shield surrounding the housing and electrically connectable to a shielding layer of a multi-conductor shielded cable; a shroud having an elongated recess sized to removably receive the cable receptacle so that the elongated housing shield is disposed substantially entirely within the elongated recess and is spaced inward therefrom when the cable receptacle is attached to the shroud; an elongated shroud shield extending substantially along the entire length of the elongated recess and juxtaposed with the elongated housing shield within the elongated recess, so that the elongated shroud and housing shields provide a double shield cover protecting the cable conductors from electromagnetic interference along substantially the entire length of the elongated recess when the cable receptacle is attached to the shroud; a grounding member extending from the elongated shroud shield toward the circuit board for grounding the circuit board when the cable connector is attached to the circuit board; and an elastic member mounted between and pressing against the elongated housing and shroud shields for providing electrical contact therebetween upon attachment of the cable receptacle to the shroud, wherein the cable receptacle has an elongated latch spaced outwardly from and juxtaposed with the elongated housing shield and operative to swing about an axis which extends transversely to the housing, and wherein the shroud has an outer surface provided with a recess which is engaged by the latch upon attachment of the cable receptacle to the shroud.