Patent ID: 8079854

Claim:
An USB connector comprising: an insulative housing defining a mating port; a plurality of first contacts disposed in the insulative housing and comprising a power contact, a first grounding contact and a first pair of differential contacts located between the power contact and the first grounding contact, each of said first contacts comprising a first contacting portion exposed in the mating port and a first tail portion opposite to the first contacting portion; and a plurality of second contacts disposed in the insulative housing and being configured essentially different from the first contacts, the second contacts comprising a second pair of differential contacts, a third pair of differential contacts, and a second grounding contact located between the second and third pairs of differential contacts, each of said second contacts comprising a second contacting portion exposed in the mating port and essentially located at a different level with regard to the first contacting portion, and a second tail portion opposite to the second contacting portion; wherein the first and second tail portions are arranged in one row in a transverse direction under a condition that all of the second tail portions are located between the first tail portions of the power contact and the first grounding contact in said transverse direction.