Patent ID: 8753020

Claim:
A cable assembly, comprising: a housing having a receiving groove through an front surface and a rear surface thereof; a plurality of conductive terminals received in the housing, the conductive terminals comprising front mating sections exposed into the receiving groove, the conductive terminals arranged in two rows in a transverse direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction, the two rows of the conductive terminals spaced apart from each other along vertical direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction and the transverse direction; a cable electrically connected to the conductive terminals; a spacer discrete from the housing and having a basic portion located behind the housing, and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the basic portion and received in the receiving groove, the tongue portion sandwiched between said two rows of the conductive terminals in the vertical direction, the tongue portion disposed behind the mating sections; a plurality of lenses located on a front end of the tongue portion of the spacer; and a plurality of optical fibers corresponded and coupled to the lenses, respectively.