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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 15, 1995
Haw-Chan Tan, Diamond Bar, CA (US);
Frank C Ma, Diamond Bar, CA (US);
Chin T Lai, Tao-Yuan Hsien, TW;
Abstract
A cable connector assembly (10) includes a cable connector kit (12) which comprises an elongated housing having a plurality of contacts (18) therein for engagement with a complementary I/O connector of an I/O card. A PC board (24) is positioned behind the cable connector kit (12) and electrically connected thereto via solder joints with contact tails of the connector kit (12). A cable unit (80) encloses a plurality of wires (82) for being soldered on the rear side of the PC board (24). A pair of covers (40) sandwich therebetween and enclose therein the connector kit (12) and PC board (24) with a coupling section of the connector kit (12) protruding out an front opening (51) of the covers (40). The cable unit (80) comprises an engagement device which can incorporate a hollow (99) defined by two covers (40) to form strain relief means to resist improper pulling force applied to the cable connector assembly (10). The covers (40) further more comprise recesses (52) to cooperate with the internal connector kit (12) for enhancing combined structure between the connector kit (12) and covers (40).