Electrical connector assembly having a placement member

An electrical connector assembly for being placed on a printed circuit board by a vacuum suction nozzle, comprising:

• an elongate connector body having a base for mounting on the printed circuit board and a pair of opposite longitudinal sidewalls extending upwardly from of the base, a mating cavity defined by the sidewalls and the base;
• a plurality of conductive terminals assembled in the connector body;
• and
• a placement member made of a resilient insulating material and designed to straddle the longitudinal sidewalls so as to be positioned on the connector body, the placement member comprising a main plate having a substantially planar upper surface adapted to be grasped by the suction nozzle and an opposite lower surface, a plurality of positioning legs extending downwardly from said lower surface and adjacent to a pair of opposite longitudinal edges of the main plate, two U-shaped retaining portions extending from a pair of lateral edges of the main plate, each retaining portion having a beam portion connecting with a corresponding lateral edge of the main plate and a pair of projecting legs extending downwardly from the beam;
• wherein said pairs of projecting legs abut against inner surfaces of the sidewalls of the connector body and the positioning legs are positioned on the outer surfaces of said sidewalls, wherein a plurality of slots are defined in the outer surfaces of the sidewalls, at least some of which receive said positioning legs.