Patent ID: 7371118

Claim:
An electrical connector assembly, comprising: an insulative housing defining a based portion, said base portion having an upper wall, a lower wall shorter than the upper wall and a pair of lateral walls connecting the upper wall and the lower wall, the upper wall, the lower wall and the lateral walls together defines a receiving chamber; a terminal block assembly assembled to the insulative housing, comprising: a plurality of first and second terminals divided into two rows and each having a tail portion, an interconnecting portion and a contacting portion; an inserting housing insert-molded with the terminals and comprising a base portion and an inserting portion received in the receiving chamber; a cable comprising a plurality of conductors electrically connecting with the tail portions of the terminals; and wherein the inserting housing defines a plurality of passageways arranged into two rows and interlaced with one another, the tail portions and the interconnecting portions of the first terminals and the second terminals are respectively received in the passageways, the contacting portions of the first terminals and the second terminals extend out of the inserting housing along the mating direction and are located in the same plane; a metal shell enclosing the insulative housing, the terminal block assembly and front end of the cable, and comprising a first shell and a second shell coupled to the first shell along a direction perpendicular to the mating direction; the first shell comprises a frame-shaped 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 an reinforcing portion rearwardly extending from the extending portion.