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A connector assembly for holding connector components together. A plug connector in the assembly has a housing with side walls and a pedestal for housing contact portions of terminals which engage contact portions of terminals in an opposing receptacle connector. End walls of the pedestal include a

A connector assembly for holding connector components together. A plug connector in the assembly has a housing with side walls and a pedestal for housing contact portions of terminals which engage contact portions of terminals in an opposing receptacle connector. End walls of the pedestal include a laterally, central projection for engagement with corresponding indentations in end walls of an opposing receptacle connector. The projection is disposed in the plug connector at a different elevation than the tops of the contact portions so engagement with corresponding components of the receptacle connector are not simultaneous to dilute insertion force.

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[ I claim:] [1.] An electrical connector for mating with a corresponding opposing electrical connector in order to effect a connection between two curcuit boards, said connector comprising: a housing formed from an electrically insulative material, including a bottom, a pedestal projecting from said

[ I claim:] [1.] An electrical connector for mating with a corresponding opposing electrical connector in order to effect a connection between two curcuit boards, said connector comprising: a housing formed from an electrically insulative material, including a bottom, a pedestal projecting from said bottom of said housing, said pedestal including a pair of opposed pedestal side walls and a pair of opposed pedestal end walls, a plurality of electrically conductive terminals disposed in spaced-apart order in said housing along a longitudinal axis of said housing, the terminals each including a retention portion for retaining said terminal in place in said spaced-apart order in said housing and a contact portion disposed along said pedestal side walls for contacting an opposing terminal of the opposing connector, and a rigid projection centrally disposed directly on the pedestal end wall for engaging a correspondingly configured indentation in a complementary wall of the opposing connector during mating to maintain said connector in mating engagement with the opposing connector.