Patent ID: 7270571

Claim:
A cable core locating apparatus, comprising: a terminal carrier, a metal shield case and a base having a plurality of substantially V-shaped clamping slots consistently formed throughout said base thereby defining a plurality of passages for receiving and clamping each one of a plurality of cores of a cable, wherein a free end of each one of said plurality of cores project outwardly extending beyond an outer edge of a front side of said base; whereby when said base is assembled to a high-definition multimedia interface connector having a body receiving said terminal carrier therein, a bare wire of said free end of each one of said cores abuts against each one of a corresponding wire soldering end of a plurality of terminals of said high-definition multimedia interface connector in overlying relation, said free ends of said bare wires and said terminals being positioned on top and bottom sides of said terminal carrier, each one of said bare wires and said wire soldering ends being soldered together, so that said high-definition multimedia interface connector and said cable are electrically connected.