Patent ID: 8052458

Claim:
An electrical connector assembly comprising: a housing having a base and contact towers extending forward from the base, the base having an outer perimeter defined between a front and a rear of the base, the base having a latch extending forward from the base generally parallel to and spaced apart from the towers such that a gap is defined between a bottom of the latch and a top of the towers; flanges extending upward from the top of the towers to free ends of the flanges, the free ends being configured to be covered by a housing of a mating connector, the flanges at least partially blocking the gap; and contacts held by the housing, the contacts extending into the contact towers for mating with mating contacts of the mating connector; wherein each flange has an inner side and an outer side extending between the corresponding contact tower and the free end, the inner sides of the flanges facing one another, the outer sides of the flange facing away from one another, the gap being open between the inner sides, the flanges restrict access to the gap between the inner from sides.