Patent ID: 7207845

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: an insulative housing comprising at least a top wall, a bottom wall opposite to the top wall and two lengthwise walls connecting with the top and bottom walls; a plurality of contact passages defined in the lengthwise wall, the contact passages located adjacent to the bottom wall and extending upwardly; a plurality of guards defined in the lengthwise walls, and a receiving space corresponding to the contact passage defined between two adjacent guards; and a plurality of contacts assembled in the contact passages, each contact comprising a tail portion arranged adjacent to the bottom wall, and a mating portion extending in a corresponding receiving space between the guards; wherein the contact passages and the guards are formed on the outer side of the lengthwise walls of the insulative housing, and wherein the contacts are assembled to the outer side of the lengthwise walls; wherein the insulative housing comprises a first housing piece and a second housing piece interrelated with the first housing piece; wherein the contact passages are defined in the first housing piece; wherein first housing piece forms a plurality of blocks on longitudinal walls thereof, and wherein the contact passages are defined through the blocks; wherein the guards and the receiving spaces corresponding to the contact passages are formed on the second housing piece; wherein the first housing piece forms a plurality of first latches adjacent to a top surface thereof and a second latch adjacent to a bottom surface thereof, and wherein the second housing piece forms a plurality of retaining sections engaging with the first latches, while the second latch locates below corresponding retaining section; wherein the retaining section of the second housing piece engages with the second latch of the first housing piece with the first latches do not engage with the corresponding retaining sections; wherein the second housing piece comprises an upper wall attached to the top surface of the first housing piece and a skirt extending downwardly from the periphery of the upper wall and overlapping the walls of the first housing piece; wherein the retaining sections are arranged on the skirt of the second housing piece.