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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2018
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
YunLong Qiao, Singapore, SG;
Saujit Bandhu, Singapore, SG;
Vincent Tan, Singapore, SG;
Kok Hoe Lee, Singapore, SG;
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A connector assembly including a connector and first and second cables is described. The connector includes an insulative housing and a circuit board partially disposed in the housing. The circuit board includes a mating section and a termination section. The mating section includes a plurality of first contact pads and the termination section includes a plurality of second contact pads electrically connected to the first contact pads. The first and second cables include conductors having front ends terminated at the second contact pads. The housing is overmolded onto and encapsulates at least the front ends of the conductors and the termination section of the circuit board. The circuit board includes a back surface at a rear end of the circuit board and the housing includes a back surface at a cable end of the housing which may be substantially coplanar with the back surface of the circuit board.