Patent ID: 7892044

Claim:
A terminal module, comprising: at least two terminals for transmitting electrical power, each terminal having a retention portion defining two positioning cavities therein, a mating portion extending forward from the retention portion and a tail portion extending rearward from the retention portion; and an insulative main portion including a base portion and two retaining portions laterally extending outward from the base portion, each retaining portion having two locking arm portions spaced apart from one another and two protrusions formed on inner sides of free ends of the locking arms, respectively, the two protrusions disposed adjacent to each other and locked into the two positioning cavities of the retention portion of the corresponding terminal; the retaining portion of the insulative housing laterally projecting beyond an outer side of the retention portion of the terminal, while the retention portion of the terminal longer than the retaining portion of the insulative housing along a up-to-down direction; wherein two cutouts are defined in lateral sides of the base portion and located behind the two retaining portions of the insulative main portion; wherein the tail portions of the terminals are partially disposed in the two cutouts, respectively.