Patent ID: 7261591

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: a dielectric housing comprising a mating portion defining a plurality of channels, a cavity, a plurality of ribs in the cavity and a plurality of slots between adjacent ribs; a contact group having a plurality of contacts received in the slots of the dielectric housing and extending into corresponding channels of the dietetic housing; a first sub-assembly having a main body and a plurality of first contacts disposed on the main body, each contact comprising a mating portion extending into a corresponding channel of the mating portion, the main body defining a plurality of partitions, each partition being received in a corresponding slot of the dielectric housing to retain a corresponding contact of the contact group in the corresponding slot; a groove defined in either the dielectric housing or the first sub-assembly and a guide rib/key disposed in the other of the sub-assembly and the dielectric housing engaging with the groove; and a pair of spring tabs each defining a notch in a substantially middle portion thereof wherein the dielectric housing defines a pair of protrusions for engaging with corresponding notches of the spring tabs.