Patent ID: 7537465

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: an insulating housing defining a front end portion and a rear end portion; at least one row of terminals retained in the housing with tail portions extending out of the rear end portion of the housing; a positioning device comprising a first member integrally defined from the rear end portion of the housing and a second member separately from the housing; wherein the tail portions of the terminals are firstly pre-positioned by the first member and then positioned by the second member of the positioning device when the second member is assembled on the housing, and the first and second members cooperatively hold a same portion of each tail portion therebetween; wherein a pair of assembled portions are respectively formed at opposite ends of the housing and accommodating the first member of the positioning device therein; wherein a slot is defined in an inner side of each assembled portion, the second member defines a pair of locking portions at opposite ends thereof, the locking portions are inserted into the slots and locking with the slots.