Patent ID: 6428344
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: H01R,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A cable structure for data signal transmission comprising:a connector housing having a front end and a rear end; a plurality of electrical contacts positioned within the housing proximate the front end, the contacts configured for engaging electrical contacts of a device when the cable structure is coupled to the device; a plurality of cables, including respective electrical conductors, terminating in the connector housing, the conductors being electrically coupled to the contacts; the connector housing including a housing portion which is molded around sections of the cables to physically couple the connector housing to the sections of the cables rearwardly of the contacts for securing the cables with the connector housing; a protective clamp formed of metal and individually overlying the sections of the cables around which the housing portion is molded, the clamp being electrically insulated from the conductors and electrical contacts and positioned between the connector housing portion which is molded over the cable sections and the cable sections and providing mechanical protection for the cable sections to reduce damage thereto associated with the molding process; the protective clamp comprising at least one aperture therethrough, part of the molded housing portion being molded and extending through the aperture to couple the housing and clamp together; whereby the integrity of the cable structure is enhanced.