A cable connector includes a cable including a center conductor and a housing supporting a portion of the center conductor. An imaginary line divides a cross-section of the center conductor into two semicircles, and when the cable connector is mated with a mating connector, only one of the two semicircles is directly connected with a corresponding contact of the mating connector.

A cable connector includes a cable including a center conductor and a housing supporting a portion of the center conductor. An imaginary line divides a cross-section of the center conductor into two semicircles, and when the cable connector is mated with a mating connector, only one of the two semicircles is directly connected with a corresponding contact of the mating connector.

A connector shield for a flat flexible cable comprises a housing defining a connector space on a first end thereof for receiving a signal cable connector, and a cable space on a second end thereof for at least partially receiving an end of the flat flexible cable. The cable space defines a width greater than that of the connector space and a height less than that of the connector space. A plurality of contact elements extend from the housing and into the cable space for electrically contacting a conductive element of the flat flexible cable.

A retention apparatus for a shielded cable is described. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a substrate having a ground; a connector coupled to the substrate; a cable shielded with a conductive material and having an end connectable to the connector to electrically connect with the connector; an electrically conductive material coupled to the ground of the substrate; and a grounding retention mechanism to cause the electrically conductive material to electrically connect the cable to the ground of the substrate by applying a force to the cable shield.

The flat cable 10 has at one end or both ends a connector section 11 on which a connector conductor 15 electrically connectable to a ground layer of an electronic circuit board is formed. Signal conductors 12, 13 are covered by a protective shield layer 20 having a metal layer on the inside and an insulating plastic layer on the outside. The metal layer of the protective shield layer is electrically connected to the connector conductor 15 of the connector section, and a portion 17a of the metal layer of the protective shield layer is exposed to the outside of the protective shield layer 20 and functions as a ground layer.

An electrical cable (1000) including a plurality of substantially parallel insulated conductors (100) is described. Each insulated conductor (100) includes an electrically conductive inner conductor (200) co-extensive and covered with an insulating layer (300). At least a portion of a periphery of each insulated conductor (100) may be encompassed by a substantially co-extensive electrically conductive shield (400). For each insulated conductor (100), portions of the insulating layer (300) are removed from the top side (1200) of the cable (1000) to expose a portion of the inner conductor (200) of the insulated conductor (100). The insulated conductor (100) is adapted to mate with an electrically conductive mating conductor (500) at the exposed portion (210) of the inner conductor (200).

A cable connector includes a cable including a center conductor and a housing supporting a portion of the center conductor. An imaginary line divides a cross-section of the center conductor into two semicircles, and when the cable connector is mated with a mating connector, only one of the two semicircles is directly connected with a corresponding contact of the mating connector.

An electrical cable including a plurality of substantially parallel insulated conductors is described. Each insulated conductor includes an electrically conductive inner conductor co-extensive and covered with an insulating layer. At least a portion of a periphery of each insulated conductor may be encompassed by a substantially co-extensive electrically conductive shield. For each insulated conductor, portions of the insulating layer are removed from the top side of the cable to expose a portion of the inner conductor of the insulated conductor. The insulated conductor is adapted to mate with an electrically conductive mating conductor at the exposed portion of the inner conductor.

A connector assembly comprises a connector and a mating connector. The connector is attachable with a connecting object having a sheet-like shape. The connecting object has a wiring layer, a conductive layer and an insulator. The wiring layer includes at least one trace. The trace has a first contact portion. The conductive layer has at least two second contact portions. The connector is mateable with the mating connector along a first direction. The mating connector comprises at least one mating first terminal and at least two mating second terminals. Under a mated state where the connector in the attached state is mated with the mating connector, the first contact portion is positioned between two of the mating second terminals in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The second contact portions are brought into contact with the mating second terminals, respectively, under the mated state.

A connecting object is used for connection to a device. The connecting object has a sheet-like shape. The device has at least two ground pins and at least one signal pin. The at least one signal pin is arranged between two of the ground pins in a pitch direction. The connecting object has a wiring layer, a shield layer and an insulator. The wiring layer is formed with only a signal line which is configured to be connected with the signal pin. The wiring layer is formed with no ground line which is configured to be connected with the ground pin. The shield layer covers the wiring layer via the insulator which is positioned between the shield layer and the wiring layer.