Patent ID: 7841890
Filing Date: 2010-11-30
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A cable assembly, comprising: a housing with a plurality of terminal receiving passages extending from a front surface to a rear surface thereof and arranged into an upper row and a lower row; a plurality of insulation displacement terminals received into the corresponding terminal receiving passages, each insulation displacement terminal defining an engaging portion, a mating portion extending forwardly from the engaging portion and a connecting portion extending rearwardly from the engaging portion and beyond the rear surface of the housing; a flat cable defined by a plurality of conductors arranged side by side in a transverse direction and an insulative layer surrounding the conductors, and being pressed to the rear surface of the housing and insulation displacement connected with the insulation displacement terminals, each conductor of the flat cable electrically connecting with two insulation displacement terminals in a vertical direction; and the mating portion of the insulation displacement terminal is received into a front end of the terminal receiving passage, the engaging portion is engaged with a rear end of the terminal receiving passage and the connecting portion extends out of the rear surface of the mating portion of the insulative housing; the front opening is square and the rear opening is L-shaped; a trapezoidal guiding member is formed on a top surface of the mating portion of the housing for guiding the cable assembly to the complementary connector; a pair of wedge-shaped engaging members are also formed on the top surface of the mating portion of the housing and disposed at two sides of the trapezoidal guider member and for locking with the complementary connector; each engaging members has an inclined front face and an inclined rear face opposite to the inclined front face for the cable assembly being conveniently attached or de-attached to the complementary connector; a pair of guiding posts are respectively formed on two opposite side surfaces of the mating portion of the insulative housing; a cover assembled to the housing and hold the flat cable to the housing; the cover defines a base portion and a pair of latching portions extending forwardly from two sides of the base portion, the base portion has a plurality of positioning slots formed on a front surface thereeof and arranged side by side in a transverse direction; each positioning slot extends from a top surface to a bottom surface of the base portion in a up-to-down direction; each positioning slot has two recesses arranged in vertical direction; each latching portion defines a hole therein for receiving two wedge-shaped blocks.