Cable connector assembly with an improved grounding contact

摘要

A cable connector assembly comprises an insulative housing, a plurality of first contacts and second contacts, a cable electrically connected with the contacts, a metallic shell enclosing the insulative housing. The first contacts are received in the first tongue, and the second contacts are held in the second tongue, the second contacts have a grounding contact in the middle thereof. The cable has an aluminum foil, and a front part of the aluminum foil is stripped away. The grounding contact has an extending configuration extending beyond back ends of other contacts along a front to back direction and a pair of soldering portions on both sides of the extending configuration, the extending configuration has a Z-shaped cross-section and extends rearwards to a front end of the aluminum foil.

主权项

1. A cable connector assembly comprising:
an insulative housing including a base portion, a first tongue and a second tongue extending forwardly from the base portion; a plurality of first contacts received in the first tongue and a plurality of second contacts held in the second tongue, the second contacts used for transmitting high speed signal and having a grounding contact in the middle thereof; a cable electrically connected with the second contacts and having an aluminum foil, a front part of the aluminum foil being stripped away; and a metallic shell enclosing the insulative housing; wherein the grounding contact has an extending configuration rearward extending far beyond back ends of all other second contacts along a front to back direction and a pair of soldering portions on both sides of the extending configuration, and the extending configuration has a Z-shaped cross-section and extends rearwards to a front end of the aluminum foil; wherein the extending configuration defines a first extending portion and a second enlarged portion on a free end thereof, and the second enlarged portion extends beyond the front end of the aluminum foil along the front to back direction; and wherein each of the first extending portion and the second enlarged portion has a Z-shaped configuration viewed along the front to back direction.