Patent ID: 7033202

Claim:
A cable end connector for use with a complementary connector, comprising: a cover device defining a first front face with a mating shroud extending forwardly beyond the first front face; an insulative housing enclosed and located in a front portion of the cover device; a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing and exposed, in the mating shroud; at least one channel defined in the cover device and extending rearward from a second front face of the cover device along a front-to-back direction and beside the housing, said second front face being behind the first front face in said front-to-back direction; a fastening member located in the channel and having a threaded head at a front end thereof for fastening to the complementary connector, said threaded head being rearwardly retracted within the cover device when said fastening member is in an unemployed position; a biasing member including a portion located in the channel to constantly urge the fastening member rearwardly so as to assure that said threaded head is rearwardly retracted behind the second front face of the cover device when said fastening member is in an unemployed position; wherein at least one plate integrally extending outwardly and transversely from a portion of the cover device and located between the first front face and the second front face so as to partially protect the fastening member when said fastening member is in an employed position.