Patent ID: 7527522

Claim:
A connector assembly, comprising: a first connector provided at an end of a printed board of an electronic apparatus, the first connector having a connector main body part thereof projecting through an opening in a panel of the electronic apparatus; a second connector provided at an end of a cable, the second connector being connectable to the connector main body part of the first connector; and a latch part to which a latch claw of the second connector is engaged, the latch part being provided on the panel and positioned so upon the latch claw of the second connector being engaged to the latch part on the panel the second connector is connected to the first connector and an engaged latch part and latch claw are within a main body part of the second connector, and the latch part is integral with the panel and formed by bending a part of the panel connected to an edge of the opening; a pair of latch parts integral with and extending in parallel in a common plane from the panel; the second connector comprising a pair of latch claws extending in parallel and lying in the common plane and in a direction in alignment with the pair of latch claws of the second connector; the latch claws of the second connector being resiliently flexible in opposite directions transverse to the alignment direction, to releasably engage corresponding latch claws of the first connector to releasably connect same to the first connector; the engaged latch part and latch claw are inside a space between a shield cover assembly and an enclosure part of the second connector, the enclosure part fitted around the connector main body part of the first connector.