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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2002
Yuan-Chieh Lin, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Abstract
A cable assembly ( ) includes a connector ( ) and a cable ( ) terminated with the connector. The connector includes a housing ( ) having a main body ( ) and a projecting portion ( ) protruding from the main body, with a number of terminals ( ) that are inserted into the housing. The projecting portion and the main body together define a cable exit channel ( ) on an outer side of the housing. When a number of connectors of cable assembly are mated with counterpart connector side by side on a panel, a special cable exit directs the cable routed along the panel. This allows a) dense placement of the cable assemblies on and along a panel in a limited space, b) insertion or removal of a panel without interference by the cable assemblies on its adjacent panel and c) mating or un-mating a similar cable assembly or a number of similar cable assemblies from a panel without interference by the cable assemblies on its adjacent panel.