Patent ID: 7214087

Claim:
A cable connector, comprising: an insulative housing defining a plurality of passageways therethrough; a plurality of contacts assembled to the insulative housing and respectively received in the passageways; a cable comprising a plurality of conductors respectively electrically connecting with the contacts to form a plurality of junctions; a cover enclosing the rear end of the housing and junctions between the contacts and the cable, the cover having a mating face having at least a long edge, a short edge and a projection formed on an outer periphery of the cover and along the long edge with a front surface coplanar with the mating face of the cover and defining a fastening hole therethrough; and a fastening member fixed to the cover and coupling with the fastening hole for fastening the cable connector to a coupling device wherein the cover further comprises a step formed in the inner periphery of the fastening hole, the diameter of the rear portion of the fastening hole is different from that of the front portion of the fastening hole, and the length of the wider portion of the fastening hole is different from that of the narrower portion, wherein the fastening member comprises an operating portion, a fastening portion, and a flange protruding outwardly from the end of the base portion and adjoining the fastening portion to couple with the step in the fastening hole in the cover, wherein the cover of the cable connector comprises an inner mold enclosing the junctions of the contacts and the conductors of the cable and an outer mold enclosing the inner mold and the cable wherein the projection is formed on the out periphery of the outer mold, a conductive shell enclosing the insulative housing, and wherein the rear portion of the conductive shell is enclosed by the inner mold, wherein the cable connector further comprises a spacer sealing the rear portion of the insulative housing, wherein the spacer has at least a protrusion on upper and lower surfaces and wherein the conductive shell defines an engaging hole coupling with the projection, wherein the cable connector is in accordance with HDMI (High-Definition Digital Multimedia Interface) standard, wherein the insulative housing comprises an upper wall, a lower wall and a receiving space formed therebetween, the upper wall parallels the lower wall and is shorter than the lower wall, wherein the passageways are formed in the inner surfaces of the upper wall and lower wall; and wherein the numbers of the passageways on the upper wall and lower wall are not equal to each other.