Patent ID: 7134916

Claim:
A cable connector comprising: an insulative housing comprising a base portion and a tongue extending from the base portion; a plurality of terminals received in the insulative housing, each terminal comprising a contacting portion and a tail portion opposite to the contacting portion, the contacting portion being received in the tongue of the insulative housing, the tail portion extending beyond the insulative housing, the tail portions of adjacent terminals being different from each other; and a cable having conductors soldered to corresponding tail portions of the terminals at different height; wherein each terminal comprises an intermediate portion between the contacting portion and the tail portion, the contacting portion and the intermediate portion are in a same vertical plane, each tail portion defines a soldering portion thereon, the soldering portions are arranged at different height; wherein the terminals comprise a first terminal with its tail portion having the same heigjn as its intermediate portion, a second terminal with its soldering portion above the soldering portion of the first terminal, a third terminal with its soldering portion under the soldering portion of the first terminal, and a fourth terminal with its soldering portion above and behind the soldering portion of the first terminal.