Patent ID: 9608351
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. An electrical connector comprising: a housing stack comprising a front housing and a rear housing, the front housing defining a mating end of the housing stack, the rear housing defining a mounting end of the housing stack, the rear housing disposed rearward of the front housing, the housing stack defining plural cavities that extend continuously through the front housing and the rear housing between the mating end and the mounting end, the front housing including a forward-facing shoulder within at least some of the cavities, the rear housing including a rear-facing shoulder associated with the cavities that include the forward-facing shoulder; and plural conductors disposed in the cavities of the housing stack, at least some of the conductors having a first projecting feature that engages the forward-facing shoulder in the corresponding cavity and a second projecting feature that engages the rear-facing shoulder to secure the front housing to the rear housing.