Patent ID: 6471547
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical cable connector assembly comprising:a connector carrier which includes exterior walls enclosing an interior volume, and a plurality of interior walls within the interior volume, the interior walls dividing at least a portion of the interior volume into a plurality of rectangular slots; and electrical cable connector modules inserted into the slots, each of the cable connector modules including a metal structural member; a plurality of electrically conductive terminals; and an electrically non-conductive member attached to both the structural member and the terminals; and wherein the structural member provides primary structural support for the terminals; wherein each of the cable connector modules further includes a strain relief attached to the structural member, wherein the structural member also provides primary structural support for the strain relief; and wherein the non-conductive member and the strain relief are at respective opposite ends of the structural member, with an air gap between the non-conductive member and the strain relief.