Patent ID: 6722898
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector for terminating an end of a cable, the cable having at least one pair of signal wires and at least one associated ground wire protruding from the cable end, the connector comprising:a connector housing having a mating end and a terminating end; a pair of signal terminals supported by the connector housing and having contact portions disposed along the connector housing mating end for contacting terminals of a mating connector, and termination tail portions disposed along to said connector housing terminating end for terminating to said signal wires; a ground terminal supported by said connector housing and having a contact portion disposed along said connector housing mating end and a termination tail portion disposed along said housing terminating end for termination to said cable ground wire; and, a retention member that is engageable with said ground termination tail portion for clamping a portion of said cable to said ground termination tail, the retention member and said ground termination tail portion cooperatively encompassing a portion of said cable end therebetween.