Patent ID: 6773305
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A cable assembly comprising:an insulating housing; a plurality of printed circuit boards received in the insulating housing; a plurality of cables electrically connecting with the printed circuit boards; and a pull tab attached to the insulating housing for facilitating releasing the insulating housing from a mating connector; wherein the pull tab comprises a pair of spaced arms connected to the insulating housing and a handle connecting the spaced arms for being exerted on by an external pulling force; wherein the insulating housing comprises a front housing portion and a rear housing portion connected to the front housing portion; wherein the rear housing portion comprises first and second halves joined together; wherein the front housing portion defines a plurality of juxtaposed channels extending in a first direction, and the printed circuit boards are side by side received in the channels along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; wherein the pull tab comprises a pair of spaced arms connected to the rear housing portion and a handle connecting the spaced arms for being exerted on by an external pulling force; wherein the rear housing portion defines a pair of cavities, and the arm of the pull tab has a connecting portion received in a corresponding cavity; wherein the rear housing portion defines a bore extending through the cavities, and the connecting portion of the pull tab defines a through hole aligned with the bore; wherein the cable assembly comprises a fastening element inserted through the bore of the rear housing portion and the through holes of the connecting portions of the pull tab.