Patent ID: 7918688

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing having a front end and a rear end; a plurality of terminals mounted through the insulative housing and each terminal having a mounting section mounted in the insulative housing; a contacting section formed on and protruding forwards from the mounting section adjacent to the front end of the insulative housing; and a soldering section formed on and protruding backwards from the mounting section outside the rear end of the insulative housing, and the soldering sections of all the terminals arranged in triangular patterns, each soldering section located at a tip of one triangular pattern and distances between one soldering section and adjacent soldering sections being substantially identical; and a metal shell covering the insulative housing and the terminals; and wherein the terminals have a plurality of first terminals and a plurality of second terminals; the contacting sections of the first and second terminals are staggered and arranged in a level row relative to the insulative housing; the soldering sections of the first and second terminals are staggered; the soldering sections of the first terminals are arranged in a first level row relative to the insulative housing; and the soldering sections of the second terminals are arranged in a second level row relative to the insulative housing.