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Cable assembly connector

US6089916A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 31, 1999
Grant dateJul 18, 2000
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Expiry dateAug 31, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R13/6215
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A cable assembly connector includes a housing, a shell unit and a cover unit. The housing has a circuit plate for receiving terminals of a cable, a mating frame, and a pair of supporting portions formed on opposite lateral sides thereof. The cover unit has a first and second covers. A plurality of projections is formed on inner surfaces of the first and second covers proximate an engaging port. A pair of grounding plates respectively extends perpendicularly from an edge of the first and second cover proximate a receiving space thereof. A plurality of protrusions is formed on the grounding plate for electrically contacting a metal shell of a mating connector and for grounding static electricity accumulated thereon.

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