Patent ID: 7566242

Claim:
An electrical connector mounted on a printed circuit board, comprising: an insulative housing having a receiving cavity for receiving a mating plug and a plurality of passageways; and a plurality of contacts retained in the passageways respectively, including: a first contact having a first base portion and a first soldering portion extending downwardly from the first base portion, the first soldering portion comprising a first protrusion portion projecting from only one side edge thereof in a first direction; a second contact having a second base portion and a second soldering portion extending downwardly from the second base portion, the second soldering portion defining a second protrusion portion projecting from only one side edge thereof in a second direction opposite to the first direction; wherein the first protrusion portion and the second protrusion portion together form a latch portion to fix the first contact and the second contact to the printed circuit board; wherein a third contact having a third soldering portion and a fourth contact having a fourth soldering portion, the first soldering portion, the second soldering portion, the third soldering portion and the fourth soldering portion are arranged in a first row; wherein a fifth contact including a fifth soldering portion which is located before the first row; wherein the fifth contact defines a fifth base portion, a transition arm projecting upwardly from one end of the fifth base portion and a fifth spring arm extending forwardly from an upper end of the transition arm to be located above the fifth base portion, the fifth spring arm include a fifth contacting portion on a distal end thereof, the fifth contacting portion extends into the receiving cavity to contact with the mating plug.