An electrical connector assembly comprising: an insulative housing with a front mating slot and a rear receiving cavity; a combo contact module assembly received within the receiving cavity and including a sideband contact module sandwiched between a pair of high speed contact modules; each high speed contact module including an upper unit and a lower unit assembled with each other in a vertical direction; the upper unit and the lower unit being essentially symmetrically arranged with each other in the vertical direction with a half of pitch offset in a transverse direction; and a metallic shell; wherein each of the upper unit and the lower unit including a front subunit and a rear subunit stacked with each other in the vertical direction and retained together.

A connector 10 includes a housing 12 provided with an opening 24, a cable 14 extending rearward from the opening 24, locking lances 44 resiliently displaceable toward the cable 14, and a retainer 16 to be mounted on the housing 12. The housing 12 includes cantilevered pressing portions 36 and the pressing portions 36 resiliently bring the locking lances 44 into contact with the cable 14 by pressing the locking lances 44 in directions toward the cable 14. The retainer 16 includes a base end wall 40 in which a first insertion hole 48 into which the cable 14 is inserted and second insertion holes 50 into which the pressing portions 33 are inserted are open, and water-wetting suppression walls 62 located behind the second insertion holes 50. The water-wetting suppression walls 62 have ranges overlapping insides of openings of the second insertion holes 50 when viewed from behind.

A cable connector includes a number of cables and an electrical connector. Each cable includes a core wire, an insulating layer wrapped on the core wire and a shielding layer wrapped on the insulating layer. The electrical connector includes an insulating body, a number of conductive terminals and a shielding shell. Each conductive terminal includes a contact portion for mating with a mating connector and a tail portion connected with the core wire. The cable connector further includes a ground shield mounted to the cables. The ground shield is connected with the shielding layers of the cables, and the ground shield is connected with the shielding shell. Compared with the prior art, the present disclosure improves the shielding performance of the cable connector by providing connecting the ground shield, the shielding layers and the shielding shell together.

An electrical connector assembly comprising: an insulative housing with a front mating slot and a rear receiving cavity; a combo contact module assembly received within the receiving cavity and including a sideband contact module sandwiched between a pair of high speed contact modules; each high speed contact module including an upper unit and a lower unit assembled with each other in a vertical direction; the upper unit and the lower unit being essentially symmetrically arranged with each other in the vertical direction with a half of pitch offset in a transverse direction; and a metallic shell; wherein each of the upper unit and the lower unit including a front subunit and a rear subunit stacked with each other in the vertical direction and retained together.

A connector 10 includes a housing 12 provided with an opening 24, a cable 14 extending rearward from the opening 24, locking lances 44 resiliently displaceable toward the cable 14, and a retainer 16 to be mounted on the housing 12. The housing 12 includes cantilevered pressing portions 36 and the pressing portions 36 resiliently bring the locking lances 44 into contact with the cable 14 by pressing the locking lances 44 in directions toward the cable 14. The retainer 16 includes a base end wall 40 in which a first insertion hole 48 into which the cable 14 is inserted and second insertion holes 50 into which the pressing portions 33 are inserted are open, and water-wetting suppression walls 62 located behind the second insertion holes 50. The water-wetting suppression walls 62 have ranges overlapping insides of openings of the second insertion holes 50 when viewed from behind.

Provided is a technique of reliably easily making connection even in a case where the thickness of a cable is changed in an electric connector for a shield-equipped multicore cable. The electric connector includes a tubular conductive shell 30, covers 40 and 50 provided outside the shell 30 to cover at least part of the shell 30, and a movable cover 60 coupled to the cover 50 through a rotary shaft 63. The cover 40 has locking pieces 41 on a cable side. The movable cover 60 has locking pieces 61 to be engaged with the locking pieces 41. At least one of the locking piece 41 or the locking piece 61 includes multiple locking pieces arranged along a circumferential direction of a circle about the rotary shaft 63. The locking pieces 41 and the locking pieces 61 form a ratchet mechanism, and have such a structure that the locking pieces 41 and the locking pieces 61 are movable in an approaching direction and movement in a direction in which the locking pieces 41 and the locking pieces 61 are separated from each other is restricted.

A cable retainer insert for a multi-strand cable includes a cable contact portion and a plurality of cable receptacles in the cable contact portion circumferentially spaced from each other. Each of the cable receptacles receives a strand of the multi-strand cable. Each of the cable receptacles has a cable strand insertion opening at a radially outward end and a bottom at an opposite radially inward end. A circle inscribed in each of the cable receptacles and touching the bottom of the cable receptacle extends radially outward beyond the cable strand insertion opening.

A connector assembly (10) is disclosed in which a connector part (12) and a cable manager part (20) are provided. The cable manager part (20) can be provided with a rear housing (40), a lacing fixture part (30), and a grounding part (50). In one aspect, the grounding part (50) provides grounding contact between an inserted cable (4) and the connector part (12). In one aspect, the grounding part (50) secures the connector part (12) to the rear housing part (40). In one example, a connector assembly (110) is provided with a grounding arrangement (150) including a plurality of deflectable grounding members (152) and provides grounding contact between the inserted cable (4) and the connector part (112). In one aspect, the grounding members (152) each provide two points of contact against the cable (4).

The present invention relates to an electrical shielding member that includes a receiving portion for receiving a cable end of a shielded cable at least partially, wherein the receiving portion is adapted to be in contact with a shielding of the cable, and wherein the receiving portion comprises at least one coupling element, protruding outwardly from the receiving portion. The coupling element is adapted to be coupled to a corresponding coupling element of a network connector housing. The electrical shielding member further comprises an engagement element, protruding inwardly into the receiving portion, wherein the engagement element is adapted to be engaged with the cable. The electrical shielding member further comprises at least one contact beam, extending from the receiving portion, wherein the contact beam is adapted to be electrically connected to a counter electrical shielding member of a counter connector.

A cable assembly comprising a termination with at least one conductive, compressible member and a conductive ground shield. The conductive, compressible member may be held within a connector module forming the termination such that the conductive compressive member is pressed against, and therefore makes electrical contact with, both an outer conductive layer of the cable and ground structures within the connector module. In some embodiments, these connections may be formed using a conductive, compressible member with an opening configured to receive the end of the cable therethrough. The conductive ground shield may be configured to compress the conductive, compressible member, and to cause the conductive, compressible member to electrically contact the cable's conductive layer. The conductive, compressible member may be formed from a compressible material and may comprise a plurality of conductive particulates configured to provide electrically conductive paths.