Electrical connector with terminal tail aligning device

摘要

An electrical connector (10) includes an elongated dielectric housing (12) having a front mating face (18) and rear face (20) with a plurality of terminal-receiving passageways (22) extending therebetween. The rear face extends between opposite ends (24) of the housing (12) and is devoid of any substantial projections which might prevent a terminal-insertion tool from being moved into proximity with the rear face. A plurality of terminals (16) are received in the passageways (22). Each terminal includes a forwardly projecting contact portion (36) and a tail portion (38) projecting rearwardly from the housing (12) beyond the rear face (20) thereof. An elongated tail aligning device (14) is mountable on the housing (12) and has a plurality of apertures (52) through which the tail portions of the terminals extend. The tail aligning device (14) has wing portions (54) near opposite ends thereof projecting generally transversely of the rear face (20) of the housing (12) to protect the tail portions (38) of the terminals (16) and to stabilize the connector (10).