Patent ID: 9054448
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector mountable on a printed circuit board and adaptable for mating with a complementary connector, comprising: an insulative housing defining a plurality of passageways extending therethrough; a plurality of signal terminals received in the insulative housing; and a plurality of pairs of power contacts, wherein each pair of power contact is received in corresponding passageway of the insulative housing, the each pair of power contacts includes two separate, opposed power contacts, each power contact comprises a contacting portion, a tail portion and an intermediate portion interconnecting the contacting portion and the tail portion; wherein each tail portion has a plurality of solder tails and the solder tails of the pair of power contacts are arranged into at least two rows; wherein one solder tail of one row of solder tails has a protrusion formed therealong and one solder tail of the other row of solder tails has a protrusion formed therealong; wherein in a same pair of power contacts, a distance between the two solder tails with the protrusions located at different rows is larger than a distance between other two solder tails of said pair of power contacts.