Patent ID: 6890210

Claim:
A cable connector assembly, comprising: an insulative housing comprising an engaging portion and an opposite terminating portion, the engaging portion defining a plurality of passageways therein, the terminating portion comprising a plurality of posts, every two neighboring posts defining a contact-receiving tunnel therebetween; a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing, each contact comprising a mating portion received in a corresponding passageway of the insulative housing, and an insulation displacement portion opposite to the mating portion and received in a corresponding contact-receiving tunnel, the insulation displacement portion comprising a first wall, a second wall opposite to the first wall, and an intermediate section connecting the first and the second walls, the first and the second walls each defining a slot therein, the slots of each contact aligning with each other; a plurality of wires received in the slots of the contacts and electrically connected with the contacts in the contact-receiving tunnels, respectively; and a cover mounted to the terminating portion of the insulative housing; wherein the cover comprising a top wall, a bottom wall and a pair of sidewalls extending partially forward beyond the top and bottom walls; wherein the top and the bottom walls of the cover each are partly cutoff to form a plurality of ribs and a plurality of hemicyclic wire-receiving holes respectively extending rearwardly from the ribs and receiving the wires therein, and wherein the wires are compresses toward the contacts by the ribs.