Patent ID: 8002589

Claim:
An electrical connector defining a mating direction, comprising: an insulative housing comprising a rear base portion and a front tongue portion extending from the base portion along the mating direction; a plurality of first conductive contacts held in the insulative housing and comprising at least one pair of differential contacts for transmitting high-speed signals, each first conductive contact comprising a nonelastic first mating portion exposed beyond the tongue portion, a first retention portion received in the base portion and the tongue portion of the insulative housing and located in a surface different from that of the first mating portion, a first tail portion extending from the first retention portion and extending beyond the base portion; a plurality of second conductive contacts held in the insulative housing, and each second conductive contact comprising an elastic second mating portion received in the tongue portion to be located behind the nonelastic first mating portion along the mating direction, a second retention portion interferentially received in the base portion of the insulative housing, and a second tail portion extending from the second retention portion and beyond the base portion; a retainer assembled to the tongue portion of the insulative housing, the retainer comprising opposite first and second faces and defining a plurality of receiving slots recessed from at least one of the first and second faces to receive the nonelastic first mating portions of the first conductive contacts.