Patent ID: 6890200

Claim:
A cable assembly adapted for being mounted to a panel, comprising: an insulative housing defining a mating direction and a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the mating direction and comprising a base and a mating portion extending forwardly from a front face of the base along the mating direction, a pair of mounting ears integrally formed at opposite ends of the base, the insulative housing comprising a bulge and at least one projection respectively located adjacent the front face of the base adapted for engaging with a first face and an opposite second face of the panel, respectively; and a plurality of contacts received in the insulative housing; wherein the housing comprises a pair of guiding members forwardly extending from the base by two sides of the mating portion, respectively; wherein each mounting ear generally aligned with a extends upwardly from an upper face of the base and is corresponding one of the guiding members in a transverse direction perpendicular to both the longitudinal direction and the mating direction; wherein the at least one projection comprises a pair of projections respectively extending downwardly from the guiding members; wherein the bulge extends downwardly from the base and is located at a center of the base along the longitudinal direction.