Patent ID: 7931503

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: an insulating housing defining a receiving room with a front mating opening and a plurality of passageways extending rearwards; a plurality of contacts retained in the passageways, each contact comprising a holding beam with tabs formed thereon and a holding leg downwardly extending from a rear end of the holding beam; a first spacer member retained in the insulating housing and sustaining said holding beam upwardly; wherein said first spacer member has a plurality of blocking portions formed behind said tabs of the contacts and resisting the tabs rearwards; and wherein the holding leg of the contact is of a straight shape with a no-bended manner before the contact is assembled in the insulating housing; wherein said insulating housing has a rear wall and a pair of sidewalls extending rearwards beyond the rear wall to define a pair of projecting walls; wherein said first spacer member further defines a pair of retaining protrusions on two side surfaces thereof, and the insulating housing defines a pair of retaining grooves engaging with said retaining protrusions; wherein the electrical connector further defines a second spacer member upwardly assembled on the insulating housing and engaging with an inner side of said projecting walls.