Patent ID: 7261582

Claim:
A cable connector assembly for mating with a complementary connector, comprising: a rear housing piece defining a front through slot and a rear receiving passage communicating with the through slot; a cable comprising a plurality of conductors and extending through the receiving passage of the rear housing piece; a printed circuit board assembled to the rear housing piece and comprising a front portion formed with a plurality of first conductive pads and an opposite rear portion formed with a plurality of second conductive pads electrically connecting with the conductors of the cable, the rear portion being received in the through slot of the rear housing piece and the front portion extending outside the rear housing piece; a front housing piece assembled with the rear housing piece and enclosing part of the printed circuit board, the front housing piece comprising a body portion defining a receiving slot therethrough to permit the front portion of the printed circuit board protruding through for electrically connecting with the complementary connector and at least one tongue section extending forwardly from a front surface of the body portion and spaced from the printed circuit board and parallel to the printed circuit board; retaining means assembling the rear housing piece to the front housing piece reliably; and engaging means locking the printed circuit board to one of the front housing piece and the rear housing piece reliably, and a locking member assembled to one of the front housing piece and the rear housing piece.