Patent ID: 7837510

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: an insulative housing extending in a front-to-back direction and comprising a rear base portion and a front tongue portion; and a first set of contacts held in the insulative housing and comprising at least one pair of differential contacts for transmitting high-speed signals, each first contact comprising a nonelastic first mating portion occupying a front section of the tongue portion, a first body portion interferentially received in the insulative housing, and a first termination portion extending from the first body portion and extending beyond the base portion; a second set of contacts held in the insulative housing, and each of the second set of contacts comprising an elastic second mating portion located behind the nonelastic first mating portion along the front-to-back direction, a second body portion interferentially received in the insulative housing, and a second termination portion extending from the second body portion and beyond the base portion; and wherein the first and second sets of contacts are assembled to the insulative housing along opposite directions, the first and second body portions are provided with interference sections thereon to interferentially engage with the insulative housing, and the first mating portion of each first contact is provided with an interference section to engage with the tongue portion of the insulative housing.