Patent ID: 7641507

Claim:
A cable connector, comprising: an insulative housing, comprising a main body, and a pair of side arms respectively rearward extending from the middle of the two sides of the main body to form a receiving space between the two side arms, a forward section of said main body being a mating portion with some evenly disposed grooves and a rearward section of said main body being a connecting portion with some toughs corresponding to the grooves, each side arm comprising two receiving slots spaced apart from each other in the rear thereof to be connected to the receiving space; a group of terminals, each of which comprising a mating piece on the forward part thereof to be received in the mating portion and a connecting piece on the rearward part thereof to be received in the connecting portion; an insert, comprising a main body with a grid to form some passages corresponding to the troughs of the housing and two pair of fastening portions respectively extending from two sides of the main body, said main body being received in the receiving space between the two side arms of the housing through said fastening portions being inserted into the receiving slots of the housing; and a shield, comprising an upper cover assembled on the upper surface of the housing to cover the connecting portion and the insert, and a lower cover assembled on the lower surface of the housing to cover the connecting portion and the insert.