Cable assembly with locking member

A connector assembly comprising:

• a first insulative housing defining opposite first outward and inward surfaces, a first mating port extending forwardly on said outward surface;
• a second insulative housing defining opposite second outward and inward surfaces, a second mating port extending rearwardly on said second outward surface, said second housing back to back assembled with the first housing under condition that the first inward surface faces the second housing and the second inward surface faces the first housing;
• at least one set of contacts disposed along a front-to-back direction and extending through both said first housing and said second housing with opposite first and second contacting sections exposed in the corresponding first mating port and the second mating port, respectively;
• a pair of panel locks unitarily extending rearwardly from the first inward surface;
• and
• a metal flat panel defining a large center opening and a pair of through holes by two opposite ends of the center opening and defining opposite outward and inward faces thereof under condition;
• wherein
• the second mating port extends rearwardly through the center opening, and the pair of panel locks rearwardly extend respectively through the corresponding through holes and further latchably respectively engage the outward face of the panel for locking the first housing and the panel together;
• a cable extending rearwardly from the first housing beside the second housing and further through said center opening;
• wherein said cable is retained in a third insulative housing which is assembled to the first housing, and a periphery of said third housing is sandwiched between the first housing and the metal panel for retention.

An electrical connector assembly comprising:

• a first insulative housing defining a forward mating port;
• a second insulative housing assembled to the first housing and defining a rearward mating port;
• a cable assembly extending rearwardly from the first housing;
• at least one panel lock unitarily extending from the first housing;
• a metallic panel located on a rear side of the first housing and defining a center opening through which the second port extend rearwardly and a through hole beside the center opening, through which the panel lock is latched to the panel;
• wherein said panel lock is resilient so as to be releasable with regard to the metal panel;
• wherein said panel lock defines a latching section abutting against a face of the panel around the through hole, and said first housing further defines a through aperture around the panel lock and in alignment with said latching section in a front-to-back direction for consideration of injection molding of said panel lock unitary with the first housing.