Patent ID: 8002572
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: H01B,H01R,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) DIY (Do It Yourself) field termination connector assembly system comprising: a top shell having a male plug member and open base with an extended portion serving as strain relief tabs, the top shell having at least one tab for securing a connector core subunit within the base of the top shell by mating with at least one cognate receptacle on a connector core; a bottom shell having an open compartment base, the open base for mating with and encasing the top shell and a connector core subunit forming a connector assembly; an insulating connector core having a first plug end for inserting within the top shell male plug member for contacting a female receptacle and a second wire terminal end with an open body for receiving a cable and both a top and a bottom wire holder, the open body of the connector core containing an upper and lower set of flexible buckles each with a hook protrusion, wherein the angle of the hook protrusion on each buckle is configured at an angle of less than 90 degrees and is for non-reversible mating with cognate clip receptacles positioned on the top and bottom wire holders, whereby the insertion of the top and bottom wire holder into the top and bottom compartment of the connector core allows each of the flexible buckle to slip over the clips on the wire holders until the hook protrusion and clip receptacle are non-reversibly mated effectively locking the wire holders into the connector core as a subunit; a set of top and bottom terminal pins positioned in the connector core for contacting wires in the wire holders, whereby the sets of terminal pins contact the wires when the wire holders are compressed into the connector core providing contacts for signal transmission, the connector core having at least one of receptacle for mating with the at least one of tab on the top shell for securing the connector core and wire holders as a subunit into the top shell; whereby the at least one tab of the top shell slides into and mates with the at least one receptacle on the connector core securing the connector core subunit when the connector core subunit is inserted into the top shell; the top wire holder having an array of holes configured where holes for the drain wires are smaller diameter than holes for the twisted pair wires through the body for receiving a set of wires from a cable for contacting the top set of connector core terminal pins, the array of holes being grooved to match the outer dimensions of the wires of the cable, the top wire holder having a clip with a receptacle configured at an angle of less than 90 degrees for mating with the hook protrusion of the flexible buckle of the connector core; and the bottom wire holder having an array of holes configured where holes for the drain wires are smaller diameter than holes for the twisted pair wires for receiving wires from a cable for contacting the bottom set of connector core terminal pins, the array of holes being grooved to match the outer dimensions of the wires of the cable, the bottom wire holder having a clip with a receptacle configured at an angle of less than 90 degrees for mating with the hook protrusion of the flexible buckle of the connector core.