Patent ID: 8342890

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: a plurality of contacts, each comprising a retaining portion, a contact portion and a tail portion, the contacts divided into a first group and a second group; an insulative housing defining a mating face and opposite first and second side faces, the insulative housing defining two rows of mating passageways extending in a first direction running through the mating face; wherein the tail portions of the first group expose to the first side face and the contact portions of the first group project in one row of said two rows of the mating passageways, the tail portions of the second group expose to the second side face and the contact portions of the second group project in the other row of said two rows of the mating passageways; wherein said one row of said two rows of the mating passageways is adjacent to the second side face and the other row is adjacent to the first side face; wherein the second group of the contacts is disposed above the first group.