3m Innovative Properties Company

Dennis L Doye

Alexander Barr

Saujit Bandhu

YunLong Qiao

Kok Hoe Lee

Douglas B Gundel

Joseph N Castiglione

Charles F Staley

Mark M Lettang

John D Geissinger

Thomas Suniga

A cable assembly is disclosed. The cable assembly includes a printed circuit board (PCB) including a plurality of alternating ground pads and groups of signal pads, and a cable comprising a plurality of spaced apart differential pairs. Each differential pair defines a stripped section and an unstripped section, and the stripped sections terminate at corresponding signal pads of a corresponding group of signal pads of the PCB. An electrically conductive shield includes a cover portion disposed on and covering at least a portion of the unstripped sections of the insulated conductors and a plurality of spaced apart walls. Each wall is disposed between the stripped sections of the insulated conductors of two adjacent differential pairs and extending from the cover portion to, and making electrical contact with, a corresponding ground pad disposed between the groups of signal pads corresponding to the adjacent differential pairs.

Cable assembly with crosstalk barrier

A cable support for receiving and supporting a cable that includes a plurality of conductors extending along the length of the cable and arranged along the width of the cable, includes: a cane-shaped base having a substantially straight base portion and a curved base portion. The cane-shaped base includes a cable-side major surface and an opposing back-side major surface. At least a first portion of the back-side major surface in the curved base portion faces a second portion of the back-side major surface in the straight base portion. A plurality of discrete spaced apart side walls are disposed on the cable-side major surface along each longitudinal edge of the cane-shaped base. At least one side wall is disposed on the straight base portion and at least one side wall is disposed on the curved base portion.

Cable support

Connector assemblies are disclosed. More particularly, connector assemblies including a housing with an inclined wall are disclosed. The inclined wall helps maintain a folded flat cable by contacting substantially its entire fold edge. The housing with the inclined wall may be removably attached to the rest of the connector assembly.

Right angle exit connector assembly

Connectors providing solderless contact between conductors and a plurality of contact pads disposed on a substrate are disclosed. Connectors accommodating cables including pairs of insulated conductors are disclosed. Connector assemblies including frames for reversibly mounting the connectors with substrates having a plurality of contact pads are also disclosed.

Connector providing solderless contact

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Cedar Park, TX, United States of America

Dennis L Doye