Patent ID: 6461200
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A cable connector assembly for being mounted on a printed circuit board, comprising:an insulative housing defining first and second openings in a bottom face of the housing, a third opening through a top face of the housing, and a first and a second receiving cavities trough a front ace thereof for receiving an UJ45 modular jack and an RJ11 modular jack, respectively; a plurality of first and second terminals retained in the housing, each first terminal including a first contacting portion received in the first receiving cavity and a first downwardly extending tail portion for connecting with a printed circuit board, each second terminal including a second contacting portion received in the second receiving cavity and a second tail portion received in the opening; a plurality of wires each having a conductor core and an outer insulator, a portion of the conductor core being exposed for electrically connecting with a corresponding second terminal; and a pressing device assembled to the opening of the housing to press the exposed portion of the conductor core against the second tail portion of a corresponding second terminal; wherein the pressing device defines a plurality of recesses retaining the exposed portions of the conductor cores; wherein the housing defines a pair of channels and a pair of concavities on opposite sides of the opening for engaging with the pressing device; wherein the pressing device comprises a base portion and a pair of resilient latch arms located at opposite ends of the base portion for being received and retained in the concavities; wherein the base portion has a pair of guiding posts formed on opposite sides thereof for being received in the channels; wherein a shell is attached to the insulative housing for electrostatic discharge protection.