Patent ID: 7341493

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: a dielectric housing having a cavity configured to receive a mating connector therein; a contact sub-assembly having an array of contacts, the contact sub-assembly received in the housing such that each of the contacts are exposed within the cavity to engage the mating connector, each of the contacts having a beam portion and a tail portion, each tail portion includes a base section joined to a leg at a bend, the legs extending downward from the bends to a distal end of the contacts, the legs of the tail portions at least partially define a mating interface configured to interface with the mating connector, and the tail sections being positioned such that the legs are arranged in a staggered pattern to form a first set of legs and a second set of legs, wherein the mating interface of the legs in the first set of legs being arranged substantially parallel to, and off-set from, the mating interface of the legs in the second set of legs.