Patent ID: 7112086
Filing Date: 2006-09-26
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A cable assembly, comprising: a connector having a front mating interface to mate with a mating connector, and a rear passage; a cable having a plurality of conductors passing through the rear passage to electrically connect to the connector; and a cable guide being discrete from the connector and attached to rear portion of the connector and dimensioned to hold at least a portion of the cable so as to have the cable extend out of the connector along a pre-determined direction; wherein the cable guide comprises a base part and a retention part latched to the base part so as to hold the cable therebetween; wherein the base part comprises a pair of engaging portions at a front end thereof attached to the rear portion of the connector so as to assemble the cable guide to the connector; wherein the connector comprises a connector module accessible from the mating interface, an upper cover and a lower cover jointed to the upper cover to enclose the connector module therein, and wherein the engaging portions of the cable guide are held between the upper and the lower covers; the rear cover further defines a stopping portion at each end thereof; wherein the lower and the upper covers respectively comprise a first rear flange and a second rear flange confronting to the first rear flange; wherein the first rear flange defines a first semicircular aperture and a pair of rear opened first cutouts at opposite sides of the first aperture, the second rear flange defines a second aperture and a pair of second cutouts respectively in alignment with the first aperture and the first cutouts, and wherein the first aperture and the second aperture together form the rear passage to hold the cable while the first cutout and the corresponding second cutout joint together to completely receive one of the engaging portions therein.