Patent ID: 8052430

Claim:
A cable assembly, comprising: a connector, including an insulated housing and a plurality of contacts received therein, each contact having a tail portion extending beyond rear surface of the insulated housing; a single printed circuit board having a front portion and an opposite rear portion, with a plurality of conductive traces arranged on the front portion and a number of conductive pads arranged on the rear portion; wherein the tail portions of the contacts are soldered to the conductive traces of the front portion of the printed circuit board; wherein the conductive pads on the rear portion of the printed circuit board are separated into at least two groups and connecting to two different kinds of cables, selectively, under condition that each kind of the two different kinds of cables is self-grouped; wherein a cover is attached to a rear portion of the connector and a front portion of corresponding cable; wherein the conductive pads comprises a group of first conductive pads and another group of second conductive pads symmetrically arranged along the rear portion; wherein one of the cables has a number of wires soldered to the first conductive pads; wherein a grounding member grips a front portion of the cable; wherein the grounding member comprises a body portion attached to a jacket and soldered to a metallic braiding portion of the cable, at least a leg portion formed with the body portion and soldered to a third conductive pad on the rear portion of the printed circuit board.