Patent ID: 7311545
Filing Date: 2007-12-25
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A cable end connector assembly for mating with a complementary connector, comprising: an insulative housing defining a forwardly extending mating port with a pair of opposite side portions by two sides thereof, each of said side portions defining a first retention cavity; a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing; a plurality of rearwardly extending cables including a plurality of conductors connected to a rear portion of the housing; a pair of covers assembled on the rear portion of the housing and enclosing front portions of the cables together, and defining a pair of opposite side portions with a pair of U-shaped second retention cavities located in a horizontal plane therein, respectively, the first retention cavities aligned with the corresponding second retention cavities in a front-to-back direction; and a pair of locking members received in the second retention cavities of the covers and extending into the first retention cavities of the housing, each locking members comprising a spring section and a latching section, the spring section is movably received in the second retention cavities; wherein the covers are engaged together by a plurality of screws.