Patent ID: 6722924
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A cable connector assembly comprising:a housing having an elongate base and defining a pair of first and a pair of second cavities arranged in a side by side manner, an intermediate wall partitioning the first and the second cavities, a pair of positioning slits defined on an upper side of the base respectively in communicating with the pair of second cavities, a pair of side blocks protruding outwardly from a pair of lateral ends of the base, wherein each of said side blocks defines a retaining hole, a pair of wedge ribs being disposed respectively at a top and a bottom of each of said blocks, a plurality of holding portions respectively projecting upwardly and downwardly from a top and bottom face of the base, each of the holding portions being L-shaped and defining a cutout at a front end thereof between the holding portion and a top face of the base for receiving edges of a shielding member; a pair of typical Universal Serial Bus connectors and a pair of typical audio jack connectors respectively received in the first and second pairs of the cavities, each of the audio jack connectors defining a cutout adjacent to a mating portion and a grounding terminal extending into the cutout; a shielding member enclosing a front portion of the housing, the shielding member comprising a front wall defining a pair of rectangular holes aligning with the pair of the first cavities and a pair of round holes aligning with the pair of second cavities, a pair of side walls each stamped to form a plurality of engaging taps protruding outwardly for electrically engaging with a panel of a computer and a pair of contact taps protruding inwardly extending through the positioning slits of the housing and electrically mating with the grounding terminal retained in the cutout, a pair of side plates each bent form a rear side of lateral walls and defining a hole corresponding to the retaining hole of the side block of the housing for a corresponding screw extending therethrough, a plurality of engaging taps stamped and protruding forwardly therefrom for electrically engaging with the panel of the computer, a pair of retaining flakes respectively bent from top and lower sides of each side plate defining a cutout for receiving a corresponding wedge rib of the side block for providing a retention therebetween.