Cable connector assembly with improved shielding member

A cable connector assembly, comprising:

• an insulative housing with a plurality of contacts received therein;
• a cable electrically connected to the contacts;
• a metallic shielding member enclosing the insulative housing, the metallic shielding member having a first shielding part and a second shielding part, both the first shielding part and the second shielding part having a base portion, a pair of side walls and a rear wall connected to and perpendicular to the base portion;
• a U-shaped engaging portion formed on the rear wall of the first shielding part, with a back edge of the corresponding side wall extending the engaging portion;
• and a gap formed between the side wall and the rear wall of the second shielding part, with the engaging portion partially received in the gap.

A cable connector assembly comprising:

• a connector including an insulative housing enclosed in a metallic shell;
• a printed circuit board connected to a rear portion of the connector along a front-to-back direction;
• first and second shielding members located by two opposite sides of the printed circuit board in a vertical direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction, the first shielding member defining a first side wall abutting against a second side wall, which is defined on the second shielding member, in a lateral direction perpendicular to said vertical direction and said front-to-back direction, the first shielding further defining a first rear wall abutting against a second rear wall, which is defined in the second shielding member, in said front-to-back direction;
• and
• a lying U-shaped structure formed on said first rear wall of the first shielding member to sandwich both said first side wall and said second side wall in said lateral direction.