Connector package with supporting walls

A package for receiving electrical connectors therein in an array, the package comprising:

• a rectangular housing defining a set of first supporting portions in each of opposite ends thereof, and a set of second supporting portions between the two sets of first portions, both the first portions and the second portions being adapted for receiving the electrical connectors and being arranged in an array;
• wherein walls are provided at bottoms of the supporting portions, and at least one of the walls does not span an entire area of a corresponding first supporting portion.

A tray for retaining a plurality of electrical connectors therein, comprising:

• a rectangular housing defining longitudinal and transverse directions perpendicular to each other, a dimension along said longitudinal direction being larger than that along the transverse direction;
• a plurality of supporting regions arranged in the housing in a matrix manner;
• the supporting regions located around a center portion of the housing being equipped with fully dimensioned bottom walls thereof, respectively, while those located around two opposite end portions along said longitudinal direction being equipped with partially dimensioned walls thereof, respectively.