Patent ID: 8157579

Claim:
An electrical connector assembly, comprising: a housing comprising a first shield part, a second shield part assembled with each other; the housing defines a body portion and a mating portion extending forward from the body portion for mating to a complementary connector; the body portion has a cross section larger than that of mating portion; a plurality of receiving rooms are arranged side by side and spaced apart with each other; the body portion of the housing has a top surface defined as a first surface, the mating portion of the housing has a top surface defined as a second surface; the first surface defines an inclined surface toward to the second surface; the body portion defines a plurality of receiving cavities extending downwardly from the inclined surface for a distance and having a plurality of receiving rooms formed therein and spaced apart with each other; plural pairs of printed circuit boards (PCBs) are disposed in the housing; each pair of said printed circuit boards (PCBs) are received into a corresponding receiving room of the housing; a plurality of spacers are disposed in the housing; each of spacers is received into a corresponding receiving room and sandwiched by two corresponding PCBs; a plurality of cables are respectively electrically connected with said plural pairs of printed circuit boards; a pair of supporting portions are respectively formed on two inner side surfaces of each receiving cavity and used for supporting a portion of a pulling member; a strain relief disposed in the housing and sandwiched by the first shield part and the second shield part; a metallic shell engaged with the housing; a pair of first screws assembled to the housing along two opposite directions and interlocked with first shield part, the second shield part and the strain relief; and a pair of second screws assembled to the housing along a same direction and interlocked the first shield part, the second shield part, the strain relief and the metallic shell.