Patent ID: 7220146

Claim:
A connector for connecting coaxial cables to a circuit board, each of the cables having an inner conductor, an insulator between same and an intermediate conductive shield, and an outer insulative covering, the connector comprising: an insulative housing supporting a plurality of conductive terminals, said housing including a body portion and a plug portion that extends away from the body portion, each of the terminals including a body portion supported by said housing body portion, each of the terminals further including at least one contact portion supported by said housing plug portion; said terminals being supported by said housing body portion in side-by-side order, and said cables also being arranged in side-by-side order, portions of said cable shields being exposed; at least first and second elongated cable holders extending perpendicularly to axes of said cables and electrically interconnecting selected cables together, said first cable holder having a first pair of cable shield-engaging tines arranged in side-by-side order, said second cable holder having a second pair of cable shield-engaging tines also arranged in side-by-side order, said first and second cable holders being offset from each other in a left-to-right direction so that said first cable holder engages only odd-numbered cables and said second cable holder engages only even-numbered cables; and, a conductive shell supported by said housing body portion, the shell including at least first and second openings disposed therein, said first and second elongated cable holders being respectively received in said first and second openings.