Patent ID: 7452238
Filing Date: 2008-11-18
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A cable connector assembly adapted for electrically connecting with a complementary connector along a mating direction, comprising: an insulative housing defining a plurality of passageways along said mating direction; a plurality of contacts received in the passageways of the insulative housing with tail portions thereof exposed beyond the insulative housing; a spacer assembled to the insulative housing and the contacts, the spacer defining a plurality of receiving channels to receive the tail portions of the contacts; wherein at least a pair of tail portions of the contacts are received in the same receiving channel of the spacer with other tail portions of the contacts received in the receiving channels of the spacer in one-to-one manner, the spacer further defines at least one slit communicating with said receiving channel receiving said pair of tail portions; and a cable comprising a plurality of conductors respectively electrically connecting with the contacts, and wherein at least one conductor is partially received in the slit to be positioned by the slit and electrically connect with said pair of tail portions of the contacts at the same time.