Patent ID: 8109797
Filing Date: 2012-02-07
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A cable connector assembly comprising: a contact module defining a mating port and a plurality of contacts each with a front mating section and a rear connecting section; a cable including a plurality of wires enclosed by a braiding layer which is enclosed by an outer jacket, said wire being electrically connected to the connecting sections of the corresponding contacts, respectively; a metallic mounting ring securely enclosing the cable and directly pressing an exposed backward folded portion of the braiding layer against said outer jacket; a metallic rear shell defining a rear tubular portion to receive the mounting ring, and a receiving cavity formed by a plurality of side walls to receive the exposed wires in front of the mounting ring and a rear portion of the contact module; and a metallic front shell enclosing a front portion of the contact module and fixed to a front portion of the rear shell; wherein the mounting ring defines exterior threads and the tubular portion of the rear shell defines interior threads engaged with the exterior threads.