Patent ID: 8100709

Claim:
An electrical connector for mating with a mating connector along a mating direction, comprising: an insulative housing defining a passageway; two latching members inserted in the passageway of the insulative housing, each of said latching members having a resisting portion and a latching portion extending forwardly from the resisting portion and deformable from a first position to a second position for latching with the mating connector, said resisting portion comprising an upper section and a lower section formed at opposite sides of the latching portion and respectively abutting against the insulative housing along the mating direction when the latching portion is located in the second position, and cable assembly carrying a plurality of contact terminals, said insulative housing defining an interfering hole, said lower section of the latching member comprising a body portion connected with the upper section and a barb portion secured in the interfering hole, said passageway of the insulative housing comprising a pair of securing recesses for insertion of the resisting portions of the two latching members and a pair of resisting faces respectively defined in the securing recesses, said resisting face disposed forwardly of the resisting portion and extending perpendicular to the mating direction, said resisting portion abutting against the resisting face when the latching portion is located in the second position, said passageway comprising a pair of inserting recesses each communicating with associated securing recess for insertion of the latching portion of the latching member, said insulative housing comprising a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion and formed with a pair of ribs, said pair of securing recesses being defined at the base portion, said pair of inserting recesses being respectively defined in the pair of ribs, said tongue portion of the insulative housing defining a plurality of contact recesses for insertion of the contact terminals, said base portion of the insulative housing defining a plunging recess, said cable assembly comprising an organizer plunged in the plunging recess, and a cable having a plurality conductive portions electrically connected with said contact terminals in the organizer.