Patent ID: 7601021

Claim:
A connector assembly, comprising: a lower cover being provided at predetermined positions with a plurality of first throughholes, and at two opposite lateral sides with a plurality of first catchers; an upper cover having an overall length longer than that of the lower cover, and including: a plurality of outward extended first projections provided on two opposite lateral walls of the upper cover; a plurality of insertion tabs provided along lower edges of the two opposite lateral walls of the upper cover; at least one second catcher located on a top of the upper cover near a front end thereof; and a locating element formed on a rear end wall of the upper cover; whereby when the upper cover is closed onto the lower cover, the first projections are engaged with the first catchers to thereby connect the upper cover to the lower cover, and the connected lower and upper covers define a front open end; an elastic-leaf member being partially set in the front open end of the connected lower and upper covers; a front-mounted fastening member being fitted around a front portion of the elastic-leaf member that is forward protruded from the front open end; at least one heat sink; at least one heat-sink fastening member including: at least two hold-down tabs separately located at a front and a rear end of the heat-sink fastening member; a bent portion formed at a lower front end of the heat-sink fastening member for engaging with the second catcher; a third catcher formed at a lower rear end of the heat-sink fastening member for engaging with the locating element; and the heat-sink fastening member holding the heat sink to the top of the upper cover; and at least one light guiding member being disposed above the heat-sink fastening member.