Patent ID: 7997938

Claim:
An electrical connector for mating with a mating connector, said electrical connector comprising: a single, unitary housing comprising a mating face, a signal contact area, and a guide member, the guide member comprising a receptacle and a guide wall, the guide wall comprising an interior surface that at least partially defines the receptacle, the interior surface comprising a guide feature, the receptacle being configured to receive a plug of a mating housing of the mating connector therein; electrical signal contacts held by the housing within the signal contact area, wherein the receptacle of the guide member does not fluidly communicate with an opening within which at least one of the signal contacts extends; and an electrical power contact comprising a mating end held within the receptacle of the guide member, the guide wall of the guide member extending at least partially around the mating end of the electrical power contact, wherein the mating end of the electrical power contact comprises a planar blade.