Patent ID: 6837743

Claim:
A cable end connector adapted to be assembled to an end of a coaxial cable, comprising: an insulative housing defining a passageway therethrough; a terminal received in the passageway of said housing; a metal shell enclosing the housing; a separate insulating piece disposed between the housing and the metal shell for insulating the terminal from the shell; and a retainer retaining the metal shell and the housing to the end of the coaxial cable, the retainer comprising a top wall having in wardly extended contact portion for electrically correcting with a braid layer of the coaxial cable and a pair of locking tabs for wrapping a braiding layer of the coaxial cable and the metal shell; wherein the separate insulating piece comprises a thin layer insulator; wherein the housing comprises a base portion, the base portion comprising a front portion having a pair of engaging blocks, the passageway being defined through the front portion, the base portion defining a groove communicating with the passageway; wherein the metal shell comprises a planar portion and a trunk portion which is formed in a lower portion thereof and having a pair of holding protrusions for interferential cooperating with the pair of engaging blocks, the planar portion covering the base portion of the housing, the trunk portion enclosing the front portion of the base portion, wherein the retainer is positioned opposite with the planar portion of the metal shell; and wherein the thin layer insulator is positioned between the front portion of the housing and the planar portion of the metal shell.