Patent ID: 7828582

Claim:
An electrical connector assembly for mating with a mating connector along a mating direction, comprising: an insulative housing defining a front face, a pair of side walls, a pair of receiving spaces defined between the pair of side walls, and a partition wall disposed between the pair of receiving spaces, each side wall defining an opening; a plurality of terminals received in the receiving spaces; a pair of latches each mounted in the opening and formed with an engaging portion, said latch resiliently yielding in the opening along a moving direction perpendicular to the mating direction to permit the engaging portion to be moveable between a locked position and an unlocked position; wherein said engaging portion of the latch projects outwardly from the opening along the moving direction; wherein said side wall defines therein a recess communicating with the opening, and wherein each latch has a resisting portion formed at a free end of the engaging portion and moveably received in the recess; wherein said insulative housing has a slot communicating with the opening and opposite to the recess, and wherein each latch comprises a fixing portion secured in the slot and a resilient portion formed between the fixing portion and the engaging portion; wherein said insulative housing has a rear face opposite to the front face, and wherein said rear face defines therein a groove communicating with the opening, the resisting portion, the engaging portion and the resilient portion of the latch inserted into the opening through the groove.