Patent ID: 7883364

Claim:
A cable assembly adapted for mating with a mating connector, comprising: an electrical connector comprising an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts received in the insulative housing, and a shielding shell enclosing the insulative housing; a cable electrically terminated to one end of the electrical connector, said cable having a metallic braiding layer; and a grounding plate attached to the housing and mechanically and electrically connecting with the braiding layer of the cable and the shielding shell; wherein said plurality of contacts comprises a signal contact electrical connected to the cable and two ground contacts located at opposite sides of the signal contact respectively; wherein said grounding plate comprises two flat portions mechanically and electrically connected to the two ground contacts respectively, and an arcuate indentation located between the two flat portions and mechanically and electrically connected to the metallic braiding layer of the cable; wherein the shielding shell comprises a protrusion disposed adjacent to the cable cooperating with the insulative housing to clamp the cable.