Patent ID: 7682161

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing comprising a base portion and an engaging portion extending from the base portion; the engaging portion comprising a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls, thereby defining a receiving space; a plurality of signal terminals arranged along the pair of the side walls; and at least one power terminals located at each end wall; wherein the end wall defines at least one groove extending along a mating direction at an outside thereof to receive and retain the at least one power terminal; wherein the at least one power terminal includes a contact portion totally embedded in the corresponding groove without lateral exposure beyond an end face of the end wall; wherein the at least one groove defines a larger guiding opening at a tip thereof and is divided by a partition portion so as to define a pair of grooves; wherein the power terminal comprises a contacting portion extending along the mating direction and a mounting portion extending oblique with the contacting portion from the contacting portion; and wherein the contacting portion and the mounting portion of the power terminal are coplanar with each other.