Patent ID: 6899564

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing consisting of a first housing member defining a plurality of depressed molding areas and a second housing member being formed by injecting molding materials into the depressed molding areas, the first housing member having a plurality of passageways and a pair of mating posts, on respective opposite sides of the plurality of passageways, adapted for insertion into corresponding receiving channels of a complementary plug connector, the first housing member further having a pair of reinforcing posts extending in the same direction as the mating posts and extending a further distance than the mating posts, the reinforcing posts being adapted for insertion into corresponding receiving holes of an insulative housing of the complementary plug connector; and a plurality of terminals having contact portions received in the first housing member and integral tail portions embedded in the second housing member wherein the depressed molded areas include central cutouts and depressions on the first housing.