Patent ID: 6196868
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A cable assembly, comprising:an insulation displacement contact connector, including:a dielectric housing having front and rear faces, an array of passageways defined between said front and rear faces, each passageway securely receiving a terminal therein, each said terminal forming an insulation displacement section extending beyond said rear face and a pin section extending beyond said front face;a cover assembled to said rear face of said housing, a row of ground contacts being assembled to a top face of said cover, each said ground contact having a tip and an insulation displacement section at opposite ends thereof; anda ground plane cable being assembled to said housing by means of said cover, said cable including a plurality of conductors terminating at said insulation displacement sections of said terminals;wherein a ground plane of said cable mechanically and electrically connects with said tips of said ground contacts when said cable is fed around said insulation displacement contact connector.