Patent ID: 8485851

Claim:
A connector comprising: a body with insulation properties; a first contacts group including a pair of first signal contacts and a first ground or power source contact; and a second contacts group including a pair of second signal contacts and a second ground or power source contact, wherein the pair of first signal contacts is disposed next to each other at a first height position inside the body, the first signal contacts each including a connection portion disposed at a second height position outside the body, the pair of second signal contacts is disposed next to each other at a third height position that is different from the first height position inside the body, the second signal contacts each including a connection portion disposed at the second height position outside the body, the connection portion of one of the second signal contacts and the connection portion of one of the first signal contacts are located next to each other, the first ground or power source contact is disposed next to the one of the first signal contacts at the first height position inside the body so as to be located between the second signal contacts in plane position, the first ground or power source contact including a connection portion disposed between the connection portions of the second signal contacts at the second height position, the second ground or power source contact is disposed next to the one of the second signal contacts at the third height position inside the body so as to be located between the first signal contacts in plane position, the second ground or power source contact including a connection portion disposed between the connection portions of the first signal contacts at the second height position, all the connection portions are arrayed in a row, and a distance B is larger than a distance A, wherein the distance A is a distance between the connection portion of each of the first signal contacts and the connection portion of the second ground or power source contact and also a distance between the connection portion of each of the second signal contacts and the connection portion of the first ground or power source contact, and the distance B is a distance between the connection portion of the one of the first signal contacts and the connection portion of the one of the second signal contacts.