Patent ID: 7794271

Claim:
A cable connector assembly comprising: an insulative housing extending along a longitudinal direction and defining a plurality of passageways extending along a front-to-back direction perpendicular to said longitudinal direction; a plurality of contacts disposed in the corresponding passageways, respectively; a plurality of wires each defining an inner conductor, an inner insulator, an outer conductor and an outer insulator in sequence, said inner conductor being mechanically and electrically connected to the corresponding contacts, respectively; an insulative spacer discrete from but assembled to the housing and defining a plurality of slots each receiving the corresponding wires; a grounding bar being assembled to the housing and sandwiched between the spacer and the outer conductors of said wires; and a metallic shell assembled to the housing and covering said spacer with a plurality of spring arms extending through corresponding through holes in the spacer to 55 mechanically and electrically contact the grounding bar, wherein said grounding bar is secured to the housing only at two opposite ends of said grounding bar, and said outer conductors abut against and are soldered to only one face of said grounding bar.