Electrical connector assembly

摘要

An electrical connector assembly includes a housing (30) having a base (32) and contact towers (34) extending forward from the base (32). The base (32) has an outer perimeter (80) defined between a front (36) and a rear (38) of the base (32), and the base (32) has a latch (42) extending forward from the base (32) generally parallel to and spaced apart from the towers (34) such that a gap (124) is defined between a bottom (122) of the latch (42) and a top (86) of the towers (34). Flanges (100, 102) extend upward from the top (86) of the towers (34) and at least partially block the gap (124). Contacts are held by the housing (30), where the contacts extend into the contact towers (34) for mating with mating contacts of a mating connector.