Patent ID: 8057253

Claim:
A cable assembly, comprising: a housing having a plurality of receiving grooves; a plurality of contacts received in the receiving grooves, and each being substantially forcipate, and comprising a flat portion received in the receiving groove, a connecting portion rearward extending from the flat portion, a pair of fastening arms extending from two sides of the flat portion along a vertical direction and a mating portion formed by two curving pieces and respectively forwardly extending from the fastening arms; a plurality of cables corresponding to the contacts, and respectively electrically connected to the corresponding contacts; and a spacer assembled on the rear portion of the housing, and comprising a main body with a plurality of slots and a supporting portion rearward extending from the rear surface of the main body; wherein said supporting portion comprises a plurality of receiving troughs and a plurality of stages, every two stages are respectively located on two sides of each receiving trough, the connecting portions of the contacts are respectively received in the receiving trough and located between the stages and the main body of the spacer, and said cables are clipped between the stages and comprise inner conductors respectively connected to the connecting portions of the contacts, every two curving pieces of the mating portion substantially form an X shape, and the mating portion are separated from the flat portion, said spacer comprises a plurality of protrusions forward extending from the front surface of the main body, and the protrusions respectively attach and cover the rear ends of the receiving grooves.