Patent ID: 7871294
Filing Date: 2011-01-18
Classification: G02B,H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector, comprising: an insulative housing, the insulative housing including a front housing face, the front housing face including a pair of card-receiving slots spaced vertically apart thereon, the card-receiving slots being sized to receive mating ends of the mating portions of a component that is mateable with the connector, each of the card-receiving slots aligned with one of two receptacle portions on the front face; and a plurality of conductive terminals supported by the insulative housing, wherein the plurality of terminals include tails configured to mate with a circuit board, wherein the insulative housing includes a plurality of terminal-receiving channels disposed in the insulative housing proximate to the card-receiving slots, the terminal-receiving channels receiving the terminals therein; and a cage with a front face, a rear face and a plurality of side faces and the two receptacles in the front face configured to receive a mating connector, wherein the cage has a first length extending from the front face to the rear face and the insulative housing has a second length from the front housing face to a rear housing face, the first length being substantially greater than the second length and wherein the insulative housing is positioned adjacent the rear face of the cage.