Patent ID: 7252531

Claim:
A cable 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 extending in a front-to-back direction; a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing; a plurality of rearwardly extending cables including a plurality of conductors connected to the contacts; a pair of upper and lower covers assembled to a rear portion of the housing and assembled with each other in an up-to-down direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction, 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 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 assembled to the housing and the upper and lower covers, each locking member comprising a housing retention section engagingly received in the first receiving cavity of the housing, a cover retention section engagingly received in the second receiving cavities of the upper and the lower covers, a spring section movable received in the second retention cavities and at least a pair of wings being formed with the cover retaining section; wherein the wings respectively corporate with the upper and the lower covers and exert forces to the upper and the lower covers along said up-to-down direction to hold the upper and the lower covers together.