US 11,811,171 B2
Cable termination for an electrical connector
Bruce Allen Champion, Camp Hill, PA (US); Jeffrey Stewart Simpson, Mechanicsburg, PA (US); and Chad William Morgan, Carneys Point, NJ (US)
Assigned to TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed by TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on Mar. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/694,743.
Prior Publication US 2023/0299544 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/6592 (2011.01); H01R 12/71 (2011.01); H01R 12/70 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 13/6592 (2013.01) [H01R 12/707 (2013.01); H01R 12/718 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cable card assembly comprising:
a circuit card having a substrate including an upper surface and a lower surface, the substrate extending between a first end and a second end, the circuit card having mating pads, the circuit card having cable pads, the cable pads being electrically connected to corresponding mating pads, the circuit card having a ground plane;
cables terminated to the circuit card, each cable having signal conductors and an insulator surrounding the signal conductors, terminating ends of the signal conductors exposed forward of an end of the insulator, the cable having a cable shield providing electrical shielding for the at least one signal conductor, the cable shield surrounding the insulator;
conductor holders located forward of ends of the insulators, each conductor holder being manufactured from a dielectric material, each conductor holder having conductor channels that receive the terminating ends of the corresponding signal conductors; and
ground shields terminated to the ground plane of the circuit card, the ground shields providing electrical shielding for the corresponding cables, each ground shield including a first side wall, a second side wall and an end wall between the first and second side walls, the first and second side walls extending from the end wall to the circuit card, the end wall having an end wall connecting portion coupled to the cable shield, the first side wall having a first side wall connecting portion coupled to the cable shield, the second side wall having a second side wall connecting portion coupled to the cable shield.