Patent ID: 6264494
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electric cable and connector arrangement of the type comprising: a data transmission cable, said data transmission cable comprising a set of electric wires covered within an outer insulator thereof, and an aluminum foil layer embedded within said outer insulator and wrapped on said electric wires; and an electric connector connected to said data transmission cable, said electric connector comprising a housing defining a receiving chamber, which receives said data transmission cable, a wire distribution plate, said wire distribution plate comprising a plurality of wire grooves, which receive said electric wires of said data transmission cable respectively, a holding-down plate fastened to said wire distribution plate to hold down said electric wires of said data transmission cable in said wire grooves, and a connector head fastened to said housing and covered on said receiving chamber, said connector head comprising a plurality of contact pins respectively pierced through insulator means of said electric wires to contact respective conductors in said electric wires;wherein a harness is fastened to said electric wires of said data transmission cable to hold said electric wires in a row for enabling said electric wires to be arranged in said wire grooves of said wire distribution plate and said holding-down plate respectively; said housing comprises two plug holes longitudinally arranged in parallel and disposed at two sides of said receiving chamber for receiving said connector head; said connector head comprises two bottom mounting legs respectively plugged into said plug holes of said housing by force.