Spacer for connector assembly

In combination with a spacer having a pair of substantially identical spaced apart blades, each having a first and a second bump, said first and second bump having a lower and an upper contact surface, respectively, said spacer being positioned and held either in a preset or in a final position within a receptacle housing, the receptacle housing comprising:

• a module side and a wire side,
• the module side including first and second walls axially extending from the wire side and forming a substantially rectangular opening, said first walls being spaced apart and in parallel to said other, said second walls being spaced apart and in parallel to each other, said first and second walls being perpendicular to each other,
• a wire-carrying body extending out of the wire side within said substantially rectangular opening, said wire-carrying body being extended to a length less than a height of the walls,
• said wire-carrying body including a longitudinal cylindrical opening and a first and a second plurality of slits for receiving a plurality of wires on respective sides of said wire-carrying body,
• the wire-carrying body having a pair of slots formed therein, each adjacent to respective first walls on the module side for receiving one of the blades, said slots extending along said respective walls by a predetermined length sufficient for receiving the blades while the spacer being positioned in the final position,
• each of said slots having a first and a second substantially parallel recesses, extending said predetermined length of the slots, for receiving the respective first and the second bumps, respectively,
• the first and the second recesses having a first and a second internal bump, respectively, each of the first and second internal bumps having an upper and a lower engagement surface, respectively, each engagement surface being provided on a respective depth within the first and second recesses, respectively, and the lower engagement surface of the first internal bump and the upper engagement surface of the second internal bump being provided on the same respective depth, such that in relation to each of said blades:
• upon receiving the spacer in the preset position, the upper contact surface of the first bump engages the lower engagement surface of the first internal bump and the lower contact surface of the second bump engages the upper engagement surface of the second internal bump, and
• upon receiving the spacer in the final position, the upper contact surface of the second bump engages the lower engagement surface of the second internal bump.