Patent ID: 8251709

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: a housing comprising a mating portion located in the front portion thereof and defining a mating direction and a rear wall; a plurality of contacts received in the housing and each comprising a tail extending out of the rear wall of the housing; a cover assembled on the housing; a plurality of cables each comprising an inner conductor electrically connected to the tail of the contact, an inner insulation layer, an shielding braid and an outer insulation layer; wherein the rear wall comprises a plurality of ribs every two of which form a receiving slot therebetween and a plurality of protrusions every two of which form a fastening slot therebetween, the ribs and the protrusions respectively extend in two rows along a horizontal direction perpendicular to the mating direction and form a groove therebetween, the outer insulation layers of the cables are fastened in the receiving slots and the inner insulation layers are fastened in the fastening slots.