Electrical connector

An electrical connector configured such that blades that hold in place arrays of multiple terminals extending in a direction of connection to counterpart connector components are secured in place by a pair of housing halves split in said direction of connection, thereby forming a single connecting unit, each of the respective paired housing halves configured to be mated with a counterpart connector component in the above-mentioned direction of connection, and multiple connecting units are coupled by coupling members extending in a coupling direction perpendicular to the terminal array plane of the blades, wherein:

• the coupling members are positioned so as to span both paired housing halves and extend across multiple connecting units in the above-mentioned direction of coupling, while, at the same time, having pairs of engaging portions engaging the respective housing halves of each connecting unit, and
• each of the paired housing halves has engageable portions engaging the corresponding engaging portions both in the above-mentioned direction of connection and in the direction of coupling.