Patent ID: 8882526

Claim:
An electrical connector compatible to Universal Serial Bus (USB) 3.0 standard, comprising: an insulative housing comprising a mating portion for mating with a complementary connector and a receiving slot at least partly extending to the mating portion; a plurality of contacts each comprising a tail section and a resilient arm, each resilient arm extending onto the mating portion and comprising a contacting section for mating with the complementary connector; a fixing member reliably retaining and organizing the contacts, the fixing member being fixed to the insulative housing; and a connecting member received in the receiving slot of the insulative housing, the connecting member comprising a plurality of first pads and a plurality of second pads electrically connecting with the first pads, the contacting sections and the first pads being arranged on the mating portion and being located at two different rows along an extending direction of the mating portion, the contacting sections extending beyond the first pads along a thickness direction of the mating portion perpendicular to the extending direction.