Patent ID: 8475209
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A receptacle assembly comprising: a front housing having a mating end and a loading end, the mating end being configured for mating with a header assembly, the front housing having pockets at the loading end separated by separating walls, the separating walls having slots therethrough open at rears of the separating walls, the front housing receiving a plurality of contact modules in corresponding pockets through the loading end; the contact modules each comprising a holder having a first side wall and an opposite second side wall, the holder having a front coupled to the front housing, the holder holding a plurality of contacts between the first and second side walls, the contacts having mating portions extending forward from the front of the holder for electrical termination to the header assembly; wherein the holders comprise embossments extending from the first side walls proximate to the fronts of the holders, the embossments loaded into corresponding slots through the rears of the separating walls to control positions of the contact modules with respect to the front housing.