Patent ID: 6964585

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: a dielectric housing means including a front and rear mating faces and a pair of dividing walls respectively extending inwardly from the front and rear mating faces toward each other, each face providing an upper an lower cavities extending inwardly thereinto; and a subassembly received in the housing means, the subassembly including an upper and lower terminal modules positioned on a respective side of the dividing walls and being mirror images about the dividing walls, and an upper and lower surge suppressing devices, the upper terminal module comprising an upper circuit board carrying a plurality of first and second conductive terminals thereon, the first and second terminals respectively extending into the upper cavities of the front and rear mating faces, the upper surge suppressing device mounted on the upper circuit board and electrically connecting with corresponding first and second terminals, the lower terminal module comprising a lower circuit board carrying a plurality of third and forth conductive terminals thereon, the third and forth terminals respectively extending into the lower cavities of the front and rear mating faces, the lower surge suppressing device mounted on the lower circuit board and electrically connecting with corresponding third and fourth terminals wherein the respective terminals extend through corresponding upper and lower passageways being provided on the respective sides of the dividing walls.