Patent ID: 8496501

Claim:
A contact sub-assembly for an electrical connector, said contact sub-assembly comprising: a base; a first printed circuit extending from the base; a second printed circuit held by the base; an array of mating contacts held by the base, each mating contact comprising a terminating end portion and a mating interface; and an array of circuit contacts that is discrete from the array of mating contacts, each circuit contact being engaged with and electrically connected to the first printed circuit, wherein each circuit contact is separably engaged with and electrically connected to the terminating end portion of a corresponding one of the mating contacts such that the array of circuit contacts electrically connects the array of mating contacts to the first printed circuit, at least one of the circuit contacts comprising an extension engaged with at least one of an electrical contact or an electrical trace of the second printed circuit such that the at least one circuit contact is electrically connected to the second printed circuit.