Patent ID: 7201587

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising; a connector body, a pin block disposed in the connector body, the pin block supporting a plurality of terminal pins that are arranged in horizontal rows that are vertically spaced with the terminal pins in each row being laterally spaced from each other, the terminal pins having contact portions projecting out a forward end of the pin block and tail portions projecting out a rearward end of the pin block, the tail portions of the terminal pins in an uppermost row of the plurality of terminal pins having straight tail portions, the connector body having a socket at a forward end for receiving a mating connector, an intermediate retainer section for holding the pin block and a rearward tail guard for protecting the projecting tail portions of the terminal pins, the tail guard having a top wall that includes an aft portion that is behind the pin block and that is raised with respect to the top wall to accommodate an elastic bending of the straight tail portions of the terminal pins in the uppermost row upward and rearwardly by a sufficient amount for the subsequent over bending of the straight tail portions in situ to form an acute angle in the straight tail portions while maintaining a low profile of the intermediate retainer section that houses the pin block and the socket that receives the mating connector.