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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2022
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Chin Hua Lim, Mo Kio, SG;
Saujit Bandhu, Sengkang, SG;
Yunlong Qiao, Bukit Timah, SG;
Kok Hoe Lee, Geylang, SG;
Siang Sin Foo, Serangoon, SG;
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A connector assembly, configured to mate with a mating connector along a mating direction, includes a circuit board, at least one cable, an insulative housing, an electrically conductive unitary shield, a pull tab, and a retention feature. The cable includes a plurality of conductors having front ends terminated at conductive pads of the circuit board. The housing is tightly overmolded around at least a portion of the circuit board. A mating end of the circuit board extends forwardly from a mating face of the housing. The shield includes a top wall extending between a back end and a front end thereof. The pull tab is rotatably attached to the shield near a front end of a top wall of the shield. The retention feature of the shield engages a corresponding retention feature of the mating connector to prevent the connector assembly from unmating from the mating connector.