Patent ID: 8328583

Claim:
A power connector for mounting on a circuit board, comprising: an insulative housing having a mating surface, a plurality of first passageways extending through the mating surface, and a plurality of second passageways extending through the mating surface and located at a lateral side of the first passageways; a plurality of separated first contacts arranged in pairs, each first contact having a first main portion received in a corresponding first passageway, a first mating portion extending forwards from the first main portion, and a first tail portion extending oppositely from the first main portion, the first main portion and the first mating portion extending along a first plane; and a plurality of separated second contacts received in the second passageways, each second contact having a second main portion, a second mating portion and a second tail portion extending from opposite ends of the second main portion, the second tail portion of the second contact extending along a second plane perpendicular to the first plane, wherein the insulative housing defines a body portion and a pair of guiding posts extending forward from opposite lateral sides of the body portion, and defines a pair of mounting holes adjacent to corresponding guiding posts for facilitating mounting the power connector on the circuit board.