Patent ID: 8568173
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A cable connector assembly, comprising: an insulative housing including a base portion, a first tongue and a second tongue extending forwards from the base portion; a plurality of contacts received in the insulative housing, and comprising a plurality of first contacts held in the first tongue and a plurality of second contacts held in the second tongue; a metallic shell enclosing the insulative housing; and a spacer assembled to the insulative housing and supporting the contacts; wherein the spacer comprises a primary portion and a pair of rectangular protrusions extending forwards from a front end of the primary portion, the insulative housing defines a pair of outlets recessed forwardly from a back end thereof, the protrusions are accommodated in the corresponding outlets; wherein the protrusion comprises a plurality of gateways recessed backwards and a plurality of cutouts communicated with the corresponding gateways; wherein the gateways are defined in a vertical direction, and the cutouts are defined along a horizontal direction and extending through the protrusions and the primary portion from front ends of the protrusions; wherein the spacer defines a pair of elongate arms extending forwards from lateral sides of the primary portion, each lateral wall of the insulative housing defines a first slot along a mating direction and a second slot perpendicular to the first slot, the elongate arms are sliding in the first slots of the insulative housing, until tubers of the elongate arms locked in the second slots; and wherein the second slot is communicated with the first slot and deeper than the first slot.