Patent ID: 7651359

Claim:
An electrical connector system comprising: a plurality of electrical connector assemblies comprising: a carrier configured to receive a plurality of terminated cable assemblies, the carrier comprising: an insulating housing having a front exterior wall, laterally extending side exterior walls, a plurality of laterally extending interior walls, at least one set of retention clip apertures disposed on at least one of the side exterior walls, and a plurality of pin insertion apertures disposed on the front exterior wall; wherein the side exterior walls are configured to enable side-to-side and end-to-end placement; and at least one retention clip having a plurality of retention clip ribs extending from a back, the retention clip disposed in the insulating housing such that the retention clip ribs mate with the retention clip apertures in the insulating housing; a plurality of terminated cable assemblies, each terminated cable assembly comprising an electrical cable attached to a termination device, wherein the termination device has a front face and at least one female contact lying substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the terminated cable assembly; wherein the plurality of terminated cable assemblies is disposed in the carrier such that the front face of each termination device is in contact with the interior surface of the housing; and a pin header configured to receive the plurality of electrical connector assemblies.