Patent ID: 7182608

Claim:
Electrical connector for a printed circuit board, comprising: a main body including a printed circuit board engaging surface; a first socket disposed on said main body, said first socket including a first section extending from said main body opposite said printed circuit board engaging surface, and a plurality of first contacts each having opposite first and second ends; a first plug spaced from said first socket and having a plurality of second contacts each having opposite first and second ends, said first ends of each of said first and second contacts extending in substantially the same direction from a first side of said main body and being adapted to engage the printed circuit board, and each said second ends of said first and second contacts being exposed and including a catching surface for engaging a contact of a mating connector; a second socket disposed opposite said first plug on said main body so that said exposed second ends of said second contacts of said first plug face away from said second socket; and a second plug disposed opposite said first socket on said main body so that said exposed second ends of said first contacts of said first socket face said second plug.