Patent ID: 7264496

Claim:
A cable assembly mating with a complementary connector along a front-to-back direction, comprising: an insulative housing defining a forwardly extending mating port with a pair of opposite side portions, each of said side portions defining a first retention cavity; a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing; a plurality of downwardly extending cables including a plurality of conductors connected to a rear portion of the housing; a front and a rear covers assembled to the housing along the front-to-back direction, and enclosing front portions of the cables together, and defining a pair of opposite side portions with a pair of downwardly extending second retention cavities therein, respectively, the first retention cavities aligned with the corresponding second retention cavities in a up-to-down direction perpendicular to the front-to-back direction; and a pair of locking members comprising a cover retention section received in the second retention cavities of the covers, and a housing retention section extending into the first retention cavities of the housing.