Patent ID: 8123533
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector, comprising: an insulative housing having a mating portion defining a front surface for mating a complementary connector and a back surface opposite to the front surface; a plurality of contacts secured in the housing and defining soldering tails, the plurality of contacts including a group of first contacts; a spacer assembled to position the soldering tails and comprising first mounting holes to receive the soldering tails of the first contacts; wherein the first mounting holes of the spacer are lined in at least two rows in a first direction and each row has a same number of the first mounting holes to a total number of the first contacts, the first mounting holes of each row are aligned along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; wherein said soldering tails are arranged in two staggered rows and inserted in every two adjacent first mounting holes; wherein the contacts comprise contacting portions exposed to the front surface and all contacting portions of the first contacts are lined in one row; wherein the plurality of contacts further comprise a group of second contacts, the soldering tails of the second contacts are lined in one row, the spacer includes a plurality of second mounting holes in one row to position the soldering tails of the second contacts; wherein said insulative housing has a pair of mounting portions extending downwardly from the mating portion, each mounting portion defines a plurality of mounting recesses stacked up and down and communicating with each other, and the electrical connector includes a pair of securing elements respectively receiving in the mounting recesses of the two mounting portions.