Patent ID: 8840415

Claim:
A power cable connector comprising: a housing having a mating end and a cable end, the housing having an upper shell and a lower shell separate from the upper shell and coupled to the upper shell to form a chamber extending between the mating end and the cable end, the upper shell having a post extending therefrom into the chamber toward the lower shell, the housing having an engagement feature configured to engage a socket connector extending from a substrate; and a flat cable received in the chamber between the upper shell and the lower shell, the flat cable having an opening therethrough receiving the post to secure the flat cable within the chamber, the flat cable extending from the cable end, the flat cable having a mating portion extending from the mating end, the mating portion being configured to be received in the socket connector such that the flat cable is configured to directly engage a power terminal of the socket connector; wherein the cable is folded over at the mating end to define a first layer and a second layer, at least part of the folded over section of the cable being received in the housing, both the first and second layers including openings aligned with one another, the post of the housing extends through the openings in the first and second layers.