Patent ID: 6896540
Filing Date: 2005-05-24
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A cable end connector assembly for mating with a complementary connector, comprising: an insulative housing comprising a front engaging portion and a rear terminating portion; a plurality of contacts received in the insulative housing, each contact comprising a mating portion, an insulation displacement portion opposite to the mating portion and a retention portion interconnecting the mating portion and the insulation displacement portion; a plurality of wires terminated to the insulation displacement portions of corresponding contacts; a cover latchably mounted to the terminating portion of the insulative housing and compressing the wires into reliable electrical connection with the insulation displacement portions of the contacts, the cover defining a pair of passages in an up-to-down direction thereof; and a locking member comprising at a front end thereof a retaining portion secured with the engaging portion of the insulative housing, a supporting portion at a rear end thereof engaged with the cover, a pressing portion close to the supporting portion and movably received in the pair of passages of the cover, and at least one latch section located on the front end thereof close to the retaining portion and adapted for locking with the complementary connector, the pressing portion being movable along said up-to-down direction toward the cover under a pressing force.