US 12,230,926 B2
Cable assembly with shielding and grounding features attached to a pair of side plates
Haozhe Zi, Irvine, CA (US); Terrance F. Little, Fullerton, CA (US); and Richard Lee Malehorn, II, York, PA (US)
Assigned to FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., Kunshan (CN); and FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, Grand Cayman (KY)
Filed by FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., Kunshan (CN); and FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, Grand Cayman (KY)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/718,511.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/201,111, filed on Apr. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0329014 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/6587 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 13/6587 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cable assembly comprising:
two cable modules each comprising plural cables, a ground bar electrically connected to shielding layers of the cables, signal contacts electrically connected to center conductors of the cables, and a shielding sheet shielding the signal contacts;
a respective housing holding each of the two cable modules; and
a pair of side plates coupled to the housings, the ground bars, and the shielding sheets; wherein
the shielding sheet of one cable module is secured to the housing of the other cable module.