Patent ID: 6364702
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical cable connector comprising:a plurality of contacts, which are aligned and retained in a retaining member made of an electrically insulative material, each of said contacts including a cable connection portion with an upper surface, onto which a core wire of each cable is soldered; wherein: said retaining member includes a plurality of grooves having top surfaces which are aligned in a common plane, said grooves having respective receiving portions, to receive, align and retain the respective cable connection portions of said contacts, respectively, abutting respective bottoms of respective receiving portions; and when the cable connection portions of said contacts are received and retained in said receiving portions, and when said core wires are mounted on the upper surfaces of said cable connection portions, respectively, upper ends of said core wires are positioned evenly above the top surfaces of the grooves and the upper surfaces of said cable connection portions are positioned below the top surfaces of the grooves in which said receiving portions are provided.