Patent ID: 8662927

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing comprising a base and a mating portion extending from the base, the base comprising a flange and a receiving space extending through and located below the flange, the receiving space further extending into the mating portion which defines a plurality of contact-receiving slots in communication with the receiving space; a contact module comprising an insulative block and a plurality of contacts embedded in the insulative block, the contacts comprising a plurality of cantilevered contacting portions extending beyond the insulative block and a plurality of soldering pads exposed on the insulative block, the contact module being inserted into the insulative housing along a rear-to-front direction with the insulative block received in the receiving space and the cantilevered contacting portions deformably received in the contact-receiving slots, the cantilevered contacting portions and the soldering pads being arranged at opposite sides of the flange along the rear-to-front direction; a metal shell locked to the insulative housing and enclosing the mating portion; a plurality of cables with a plurality of conductive cores electrically and mechanically connected to the soldering pads; and an outer shell at least partly over-molding the metal shell and the cables; wherein the cantilevered contacting portions of all the contacts overlap each other from a side view, while the soldering pads of all the contacts are alternately arranged in two parallel planes, respectively, from the side view.