Patent ID: 7267579

Claim:
An electrical connector assembly, comprising: a connector housing defining a mating direction; a plurality of contacts received in the connector housing along the mating direction; a printed circuit board attached to the connector housing and electrically connected to the contacts; a cable comprising a plurality of conductors electrically attached to the printed circuit board; a shielding shell comprising a first shell, and a second shell assembled to the first shell along a direction perpendicular to the mating direction, wherein the printed circuit board and the connector housing are received in the shielding shell; and a protecting cover mold with the shielding shell and a front portion of the cable for providing sheath; wherein the first shell includes a first wall, and a second wall opposite to the first wall, and a portion of the first wall is depressed a distance relative to two lateral protruding portions of the first wall; wherein the first shell comprises a frame-shape main portion, an extending portion rearwardly extending from the main portion and with a U-shape cross-sectional view taken along a direction perpendicular to the mating direction, and a cable clamping portion rearwardly extending from the extending portion; wherein the main portion comprises a plurality of apertures located adjacent to a rear edge thereof and filled with material of the protecting cover for providing an interference fit when the protecting cover is molded with the metal shell.