Patent ID: 7448897

Claim:
A plug connector for connecting wires to a mating connector, comprising: a connector housing, the connector housing including a forward face; a circuit card having a leading edge with contacts for mating with the mating connector and a trailing edge with contacts for termination to a plurality of wires, said circuit card being disposed in said connector housing such that the circuit card leading edge extends forwardly from said connector housing forward face, the circuit card trailing edge being disposed within said connector housing; a plurality of wires terminated to contacts of said circuit card trailing edge and extending out of said connector housing; and, said connector housing including a first flange extending forwardly from said connector housing forward face in spaced apart relation to one side from said circuit card, said connector housing further including a pair of engagement lugs protruding outwardly from said housing, said engagement lugs each defining a respective stop surface in substantially perpendicular relation to said forwardly-extending circuit card and first flange for limiting forward movement of the plug connector into mating engagement with a mating connector.