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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2002
Dennis B. Jones, Orange, CA (US);
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Abstract
An electrical connector ( ) mounted to a PCB ( ) comprises a bottom housing ( ), an upper housing ( ) assembled to the bottom housing, a cable ( ), a plurality of signal terminals ( ) and grounding terminals ( ) therein. The bottom housing has a first groove ( ) and a plurality of recesses ( ). The upper housing has a second groove ( ) and a plurality of depressing blocks ( ) being respectively aligned with the first groove and the recesses. The cable extends through a cable-receiving groove defined by the first groove and the second groove and has a plurality of wires ( ) extended into corresponding recesses at which the depressing blocks apply pressure to the wires for securing the wires in corresponding recesses. Each signal terminal comprises a retention portion ( ) disposed in a corresponding recess of the bottom housing and electrically engaging a corresponding wire by insulation displacement connection (IDC), and a tail portion ( ) surface mounted to the PCB.