Patent ID: 7588441

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing having a plurality of contact receiving passageways, each of said contact receiving passageways defining a pair of passages; and a plurality of contacts received in the pair of passages of the corresponding contact receiving passageways of the housing, each of the contacts including a main body and a pair of spring contact arms extending upwardly from the main body, the contacts disposed in the housing being divided into a first group disposed in a first area of the insulative housing and a second group disposed in a second area of the insulative housing, the spring contact arms of the first and the second group extending in different directions and opposite to each other; wherein the insulative housing defines a plurality of recesses between the first area and second area; wherein each passageways includes an upper space for receiving the spring contact arm and a lower space for receiving the main body, and wherein the upper space and lower space have different shape; wherein the insulative housing has a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to each other, and wherein the upper space is extending to the top surface and the lower space is extending to the bottom surface; wherein the recesses are opened to the top surface and sealed at the bottom surface of the insulative housing.