Patent ID: 8187029

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: an insulative housing; a plurality of contacts retained on the housing, each contact having a retaining portion retained in the housing, a contact portion extending from one end of the retaining portion for connecting with a corresponding plug, a connecting portion extending from another end of the retaining portion along an up to down direction, and a tail portion extending out of the housing from the connecting portion; and a spacer assembly assembled to the housing to position the contacts; wherein the spacer assembly has a first spacer and a second spacer stacked with each other along the up to down direction, the first spacer defines a plurality of first through holes to position an upper side of the connecting portions, and the second spacer defines a plurality of second through holes which are aligned with the first through holes along the up to down direction to position a lower side of the connecting portions; wherein the connecting portions are arranged in plural rows along a front to back direction, and the second spacer is formed with a plurality of first blocks at a front side thereof to resist one row of the connecting portions.