Tyco Electronics Corporation

Te Connectivity Corporation

Kenneth William Ellis

Robert Neil Mulfinger

Chad William Morgan

John Joseph Consoli

Keith McQuilkin Murr

James Charles Shiffler

Julia Anne Lachman

Edmund Luther Jacobs

Robert Lee Putt, Jr

Jr Robert Lee Putt

A cable assembly including a communication cable. The communication cable includes insulated conductors, a shielding layer that surrounds the insulated conductors, and a drain wire that extends along the shielding layer. The insulated conductors, the shielding layer, and the drain wire extend along a length of the cable to a terminating end of the cable. The cable assembly also includes a ground ferrule that is coupled to the terminating end of the cable. The ground ferrule is intimately engaged with the drain wire along a contact zone, wherein the ground ferrule and the drain wire are laser-welded together for at least a portion of the contact zone.

Cable assembly and connector module having a drain wire and a ground ferrule that are laser-welded together

An electrical connector is provided for terminating a coaxial cable. The electrical connector includes an electrically conductive housing extending a length between a cable-receiving end portion configured to engage an insulating cover of the coaxial cable and a mating end portion configured to engage another electrical connector. The housing includes an outer electrical contact. An insulating member is held by the housing. An inner electrical contact is held by the insulating member. The inner electrical contact includes a slot configured to receive an inner electrical conductor of the coaxial cable.

Electrical connector for terminating a coaxial cable

A connector assembly includes a cable, a connector and a resistance weld. The cable includes a conductor and a cable shield. The connector includes a contact and a shield. The shield includes conductive walls and a cradle. The walls extend from a mating interface to the cradle and at least partially surround the contact to shield the contact from electromagnetic interference. The mating interface is configured to receive a mating connector to mate the connector and mating connector. The cradle includes sidewalls interconnected by a coupling wall. The sidewalls and coupling wall extend from a loading interface toward the mating interface and are shaped to receive the cable through the loading interface. The resistance weld is between the cable shield and the cradle to electrically couple the shield to the cable shield. The shield is electrically connected to the electrical ground by the resistance weld and the cable shield.

Connector having a shield electrically coupled to a cable shield

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Etters, PA, United States of America

Kenneth William Ellis