Patent ID: 8672715

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing defining a first mating face, a second mating face on one side of the insulative housing and a mounting face opposite to said two mating faces; and a plurality of contacts retained in the insulating housing, each comprising a retaining portion retained in the insulative housing and a pair of contacting portions exposed to the first mating face and the second mating face respectively; wherein the first mating face is higher than the second face in a direction perpendicular to said first and second mating faces; wherein the contacting portions and the retaining portion are connected by a pair of elastic portions; wherein the pair of elastic portions extends from opposite sides of a bottom end of the retaining portion; wherein the insulative housing defines several retaining passageways receiving the retaining portions and a pair of contact-receiving passageways running through the first and second mating faces located at both sides of the retaining passageways receiving the elastic portions; wherein the retaining passageways pass through the first mating face and the retaining portion is not exposed to said first and second mating faces.