Patent ID: 11955753
Assignee: MOLEX, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. A plug connector mountable to a planar substrate configured to mate to a receptacle connector, comprising:
a plug insulator housing and plug terminal array having a plurality of terminals each with a mating end, a mounting end opposite the mating end, and a mid-body portion connecting the mating end to the mounting end,
wherein the plurality of terminals comprise a first plurality of mounting ends aligned in a first inline terminal row and a second plurality of mounting ends aligned in a second inline terminal row, the first and second inline terminal rows are parallel and spaced apart with each other; and
wherein the plurality of terminals form a plurality of terminal groups spaced apart from one another, the mid-body portions of the plurality of terminals are offset mid-body portions, the plurality of terminals comprise a first plurality of terminal ends extending in a forward direction and a second plurality of terminal ends extending in a rearward direction opposite that of the forward direction.