Patent ID: 7090534

Claim:
A cable assembly, comprising: an insulative housing defining a mating interface, a connecting interface and a plurality of passages extending between the mating interface and the connecting interface; an alignment device assembled to the housing and having a spacer sealing rear openings of the passages in the connecting interface of the housing, the spacer defining a plurality of through holes respectively in alignment with the passages; a plurality of contacts extending from the connecting interface toward the mating interface, each contact comprising a mating portion received in a corresponding passage and a tail portion adjacent to the connecting interface passing through corresponding through holes and arranged by the alignment device; and a cable having a plurality of conductors electrically connected to the terminals; wherein the alignment device comprises a plurality of channels in communication with corresponding through holes for receiving the conductors of the cable and a positioning flange for preventing the conductors from escaping from corresponding channels; wherein the alignment device comprises a plurality of cutouts respectively offset from and in communication with corresponding channels, and wherein the conductors of the cable are pressed into corresponding channels from the cutouts to locate above corresponding tail portions of the contacts; wherein the alignment device comprises a plurality of posts extending rearwardly from the spacer, and wherein the channels and the cutouts are defined between the adjacent posts; wherein each conductor of the cable has a diameter larger than the narrowest distance between the adjacent posts for preventing the conductor pressed into the channel from jumping out from the cutout; wherein each post has a reversed L-shaped cross section and comprises a lateral portion away from and parallel to the supporting plate and a vertical portion, and wherein the lateral portions of the posts together form the positioning flange locating above the channels of the alignment device.