Patent ID: 7891989

Claim:
An electrical connector housing, comprising: a housing body extending along and about a longitudinal axis defining a longitudinal direction, a lateral axis defining a lateral direction and a transverse axis defining a transverse direction, the longitudinal axis, the lateral axis and the transverse axis perpendicularly intersecting one another at a point of intersection to form a Cartesian coordinate system, the housing body having a top wall extending in the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction to define a top wall plane, a bottom wall extending in the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction to define a bottom wall plane extending parallel to the top wall plane and a pair of side walls extending in the longitudinal direction and the transverse direction, disposed apart from one another and interconnecting the top and bottom walls to form a front surface, a rear surface opposite the front surface and a passageway extending in the longitudinal direction through the housing body between the front surface and the rear surface; and a first rib member and a second rib member, respective ones of the first and second rib members being connected exteriorly of the housing body to respective ones of the pair of side walls and extending in the longitudinal direction, the first and second rib members being disposed between the top wall plane and the bottom wall plane, wherein each one of the first and second rib members includes a rib element and an eyelet element integrally connected to the rib element, wherein each rib element commences at a commencement position either at the front surface or set back from the front surface, extends towards the rear surface and terminates at the eyelet element, wherein the eyelet element of one of the first and second rib members is disposed adjacent to and set back from the rear surface and wherein the eyelet element of a remaining one of the first and second rib members is disposed adjacent to and set back from the front surface.