Patent ID: 6875044

Claim:
A cable plug connector comprising: an insulative housing comprising a front engaging portion and an opposite rear terminating portion, the engaging portion having a receiving space defined by a first side wall and a pair of lateral walls thereof, adapted for receiving a complementary receptacle connector, and a tongue projecting into the receiving space; a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing, each contact having a mating portion disposed on one side of the tongue facing the first side wall, and an opposite insulation displacement portion received in the terminating portion; a plurality of cable wires having individual ends terminated to the insulation displacement portions of the contacts; and a cover mounted to the insulative housing, the cover compressing said ends of the cable wires into reliable electrical connection with the insulation displacement portions of the contacts wherein the tongue of the insulative housing is L-shaped; wherein the engaging portion of the insulative housing defines a slot at an end thereof in communication with the receiving space; wherein the cable wires extend in a direction perpendicular to that of the contacts; wherein the engaging portion of the insulative housing further comprises a second side wall opposite to the first side wall, the first and second side walls having a plurality of recesses defined in respective outer sides thereof and a corresponding number of protrusions formed on bottoms of respective recesses; wherein the cover comprises a first wall, an opposite second wall, a pair of sidewalls, and a plurality of pairs of latching arms extending from the respective first and second walls, the latching arms being received in corresponding recesses and latching onto corresponding protrusions of the insulative housing; wherein the first and second walls of the cover each are partly cutoff to form a plurality of ribs and a plurality of semicircular wire-receiving concaves for receiving said ends of the wires therein, and wherein the wires are compressed toward the contacts by the ribs; wherein said ends of the wires each comprise an end surface coplanar with an outer side surface of each rib of one of the first and second walls of the cover; wherein the terminating portion of the insulative housing comprises a plurality of posts, every two neighboring posts defining a contact-receiving tunnel therebetween for receiving the insulation displacement portions of the contacts therein, and wherein the cover defines a plurality of receiving cavities receiving the posts of the terminating portion of the insulative housing therein; wherein the insulation displacement portion of each contact includes a first wall, a second wall opposite to the first wall, and an intermediate section connecting the first and second walls, the first and the second walls each defining a slot, the slots of each contact aligning with each other for receiving said one end of a corresponding cable wire.