Patent ID: 8439710

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: a housing having a top and a bottom; an upper connector portion formed at the top of the housing, the upper connector portion having upper contacts; a lower connector portion formed at the bottom of the housing, the lower connector portion having lower contacts; a card slot formed between the upper connector portion and the lower connector portion, wherein the card slot is configured to receive a substrate having upper plug contacts and lower contact pads, the upper contacts of the upper connector portion configured to engage the upper plug contacts of the substrate, the lower contacts of the lower connector portion configured to engage the lower contact pads of the substrate; and a biasing member coupled to the lower connector portion, wherein the biasing member is configured to engage at least one of a bottom surface of the substrate or a bottom surface of a body housing the substrate to bias the substrate toward the upper connector portion to align the upper plug contacts of the substrate with the upper contacts of the upper connector portion; wherein the lower connector portion comprises a contact portion extending between first and second end portions of the lower connector portion, the first and second end portions disposed on opposite sides of the contact portion, the lower contacts positioned within the contact portion, and wherein the biasing member extends upward from one of the first and second end portions of the lower connector portion, wherein the biasing member is positioned laterally outside of the contact portion of the lower connector portion.