Patent ID: 7575471

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: a cage assembly including a front face, a plurality of side faces and a rear face, the cage assembly further including two receptacle portions configured to receive mating portions of two distinct corresponding opposing members, the two receptacle portions space vertically apart from each other within the cage assembly; an insulative housing positioned within the cage assembly, the insulative housing including a front housing face, the front housing face including a pair of card-receiving slots spaced vertically apart thereon, the pair of card-receiving slots being sized to receive mating ends of the mating portions of a component that is mateable with the connector, the pair of card-receiving slots each including a plurality of terminal-receiving channels; a plurality of conductive terminals supported by the insulative housing, the terminals configured to be positioned in corresponding terminal-receiving channels in the pair of card-receiving slots; and at least one lightpipe extending from one of the plurality of side faces toward the front face, the at least one lightpipe configured to illuminate an area on the front face between the two receptacle portions.