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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1997
Keith Scott Koegel, Plainfield, PA (US);
George Richard Defibaugh, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Earl Chester Myers, Jr, Harrisburg, PA (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Connector assembly (10) secured to cable (12) having a pair of shield members (34,36) around the connector housing (42). Lower shield (34) has a cable crimping portion (90) having a pair of upstanding side arms (94,96) that are to be crimped around the cable to ground the shielding braid (24) thereof. Upper shield (36) includes a crimp support section (104) extending rearwardly along and against the cable so that the side arms (94,96) are crimped over the crimp support section (104), whereby the upper shield is integrated into the crimped connection (102).