Patent ID: 6210229
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A shielded cable connector assembly, comprising:a housing including a top face, a bottom face, a pair of sidefaces, a front face, a rear face and a mating portion forwardly extending beyond the front face;a plurality of contacts received in the housing with ends thereof extending beyond the rear face of the housing;a nose shield enclosing the mating portion of the housing and having a wall outwardly extending from one edge thereof, the wall confronting the front face of the housing;a grounding shield having at least a pair of tabs upwardly extending from opposite ends of a front edge thereof, the grounding shield being assembled to the housing and the tabs being sandwiched between the wall of the nose shield and the front face of the housing and contacting the wall of the nose shield in a plane perpendicular to the top face and the sidefaces of the housing;a cable having several wires therein establishing electrical connection with corresponding contacts; andan upper shell and a lower shell encapsulating the housing and the grounding shield therebetween.