Cable assembly floatably mounted on a panel

Claim 1

A cable assembly adapted for being mounted to a pair of mounting wings of a panel, comprising: an insulative housing defining a mating direction and a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the mating direction, the insulative housing comprising a base, a mating portion extending forwardly from a front face of the base along the mating direction, a pair of flanges located at opposite ends of the base adapted for engaging with first faces of the mounting wings of the panel, and a pair of ears located at the opposite ends of the base and spaced from the flanges along the mating direction adapted for engaging with opposite second faces of the mounting wings of the panel, one of the flanges defining a through hole adapted for receiving a fastening member; and a plurality of terminals received in the insulative housing; wherein the pair of flanges and the pair of ears all extend from the opposite ends of the base along the longitudinal direction; wherein each ear defines a cutout at a free end thereof; wherein the base includes a protrusion and a bulge on a bottom face thereof adapted for engaging with opposite first and second faces of a bridge connected between the mounting wings; wherein the housing comprises a pair of guiding members forwardly extending from the base proximate to two sides of the mating portion, respectively; wherein a cable electrically connecting with the terminals; wherein a spacer defining a plurality of slots, and wherein the insulative housing has a mating face and a terminating face opposite to the mating face and defines a cavity extending from the terminating face toward the mating face to receive the spacer, the terminals comprising insulation displacement sections respectively protruding through the slots of the spacer; wherein a cover assembled to a rear of the insulative housing, the cover defining a plurality of grooves receiving the insulation displacement sections of the terminals.