Patent ID: 8033837

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: an insulative housing having a base portion, and a pair of extending portions extending backwardly from the base portion and spaced apart from each other along a transverse direction to form a receiving space therebetween, each extending portion defining a first slot communicating with the receiving space and a first block located at an inner side of the first slot; a plurality of electrical contacts retained in the insulative housing and passing through the receiving space; and a spacer attached to the insulative housing for retaining the electrical contacts, the spacer having a pair of second slots for receiving the first blocks and a pair of second blocks located at outer sides of the corresponding second slots for being retained in the first slots; wherein each extending portion has an embossment protruding inwardly from an inner face thereof and located at an inner side of the first block, the spacer has a pair of recesses recessed inwardly from two lateral faces thereof for receiving the corresponding embossments.