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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christopher Warren Shelly, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Assignee:
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439465 ; 439686 ; 439579 ;
Abstract
A cable connector (20) for terminating a plurality of cables (26) in a clamping manner and matable with a complementary connector (10). Cable connector (20) includes a housing (32) and a backshell subassembly (62) having a pair of covers (66,68) and a pair of inserts (70,72) and can include a ground assembly (120) for gang termination of ferrule-terminated braid portions of shielded signal cables. Ground assembly (120) includes a commoning strip (122) compressed between ferrules (58) of the two rows of cables (26), and further includes a conductor (124) extending to a ground terminal (128) in housing (32).