Patent ID: 8333616

Claim:
A cable assembly, comprising: an insulative housing having a mating port; a plurality of conductive terminals received in the insulative housing; a cable having a shielding braid and a number of wires connected electrically respectively to the conductive terminals; a metal shell enclosing the insulative housing; and a grounding flake made of metal material, connected to the shielding braid of the cable and attached to the inner surface of the metal shell; wherein the metal shell comprises a front shell with no-joint-line surface enclosing the insulative and a rear shell with no-joint-line surface assembled on the front shell; wherein the grounding flake is U-shaped and comprises a pair of cutouts located respectively on the two sides thereof and a pair of springs respectively received in the cutouts and attaching to inner surface of the rear shell; wherein the grounding flake comprises also a gap to provide a passing through for the cable and a ring extending backwardly from the middle rear thereof and retaining the shielding braid of the cable; and wherein the cable assembly comprises also a strain relief enclosing the grounding flake and the cable.