Patent ID: 6910914

Claim:
A cable end connector assembly, comprising: an insulative housing comprising an upper wall, an opposite lower wall and a pair of sidewalls connecting with the upper and the lower walls, the insulative housing having a receiving space circumscribed by the upper wall, the lower wall and the sidewalls; a plurality of contacts assembled to the insulative housing in a back-to-front direction, each contact comprising a contacting portion partially exposed in the receiving space of the insulative housing and a tail portion exposed beyond a rear portion of the insulative housing; a shielding member assembled to the insulative housing to enclose the insulative housing; a cable comprising a plurality of signal conductors and drain wires respectively soldered with the tail portions of the contacts; and an insulative cover over-molding rear portions of the insulative housing and the shielding member and a front end of the cable, the shielding member comprises a first shielding half attached to the upper wall of the insulative housing in a direction perpendicular to the back-to-front direction and a second shielding half attached to the lower wall of the insulative housing in a direction perpendicular to the back-to-front direction, and each of the first and the second shielding halves defines a first notch in the rear portion thereof, and wherein the housing forms a first projection to snap into the first notch of each of the first and the second shielding halves.