US 7,507,127 B2
Cable attachment, cable assembly including the same, and connector including the assembly
Takayuki Nagata, Yao (Japan); and Hayato Kondo, Yao (Japan)
Assigned to Hosiden Corporation, Yao-shi (Japan)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/987,467.
Claims priority of application No. 2006-327424 (JP), filed on Dec. 04, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2008/0132112 A1, Jun. 05, 2008
Int. Cl. H01R 13/02 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 439—885  [439/878] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cable attachment for attachment thereto of a plurality of first cables in a parallel arrangement, the cable attachment comprising:
a base portion, being a plate body having first and second widthwise end portions;
a plurality of first type of attachment portions, arranged in spaced relation to each other along a length of the first end portion of the base portion, for attachment thereto of the corresponding first cables; and
a plurality of second type of attachment portions, arranged in spaced relation to each other along a length of the second end portion of the base portion, for attachment thereto of the corresponding first cables, wherein
the first type of each attachment portions each comprise:
a first supporting portion, being a plate body continuing to the first end portion of the base portion, for placing a corresponding one of the first cables thereon; and
a pair of first sandwiching portions, continuing to opposite ends of the first supporting portion so as to be oriented in a direction intersecting the length direction, for sandwiching the first cable placed on the first supporting portion, the second type of attachment portions each comprise:
a second supporting portion, being a plate body continuing to the second end portion of the base portion, for placing a corresponding one of the first cables thereon; and
a pair of second sandwiching portions, continuing to opposite ends of the second supporting portion so as to be oriented in a direction intersecting the length direction, for sandwiching the first cable placed on the second supporting portion,
the base portion is bent such that the first end portion and the second end portion thereof are oriented in the same direction, so that the first type of attachment portions and the second type of attachment portions are alternately disposed in the length direction of the base portion.