Lower profile cable assembly with a metal shell for preventing emi

A cable assembly, comprising:

• an insulative housing enclosed in a metal shell and having an exposing portion exposing on the front of the metal shell;
• a plurality of conductive terminals located in the insulative housing;
• and
• a cable having a number of wires and electrically connecting to the conductive terminals;
• wherein an opening is surrounded by an upper surface of the exposing portion and a front surface of the metal shell, and some of the conductive terminals are partly exposed in the opening

A cable connector assembly comprising:

• an insulative housing unit defining a mating portion defining front and rear sections thereof in a front-to-back direction;
• a plurality of first contacts disposed in the housing and defining first contacting sections exposed upon the front section of the mating portion;
• a plurality of second contacts disposed in the housing and defining second contacting sections exposed upon the rear section of the mating portion;
• a metallic shell enclosing the rear section of the mating portion but exposing the front section of the mating portion including the corresponding first contacting sections thereon to an exterior in a vertical direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction.