Patent ID: 7824187

Claim:
An electrical connector to be mounted on a PCB comprising: a plurality of stacked wafer units and a housing securing the wafer units, each of the wafer units comprising a first wafer and a second wafer abutting to each other, each of the first and the second wafers comprising: a plurality of contacts, each of said contacts comprising a connecting end for mating with a complementary connector, a terminating end for mating with a PCB, and a middle portion connecting said connecting end to said terminating end, and a first plastic insert fastening the connecting ends of the contacts, wherein the first plastic insert of the first wafer forming a tongue beyond the first plastic insert of the second wafer thereof, said tongue having a side facing the second wafer and parallel to said PCB, the connecting end of each contact of the wafer unit having a mating face facing away from said side of the tongue in the same wafer unit.