Patent ID: 8221141

Claim:
An electrical connector for mounting uprightly onto a printed circuit board in order to receive a mating module, the electrical connector comprising: an insulated seat including an insulated seat body having an upper side formed with an insert channel therein, and two clamping structures attached to said insulated seat body; two clamping elements installed respectively to two opposite sides of said insulated seat for clamping two opposite ends of the mating module; a first seat including: a first seat body, a plurality of first terminals embedded partially into said first seat body via insert molding process, a first engagement structure attached to one side of said first seat body, and a first assembling structure attached to the other side of said first seat body; a second seat including: a second seat body, a plurality of second terminals embedded partially into said second seat body via insert molding process, a second engagement structure protrudingly attached to one longitudinal end side of said second seat body and corresponding to said first engagement structure, said second engagement structure operable to releasably capture said first engagement structure, and a second assembling structure attached to the other side of said second seat body and corresponding to said first assembling structure; wherein, when said first and second seats are assembled to said insulated seat, said first engagement structure of said first seat releasably engages with said second engagement structure of said second seat while one of said two clamping structures clamps an assembly of said first and second assembling structures of said first and second seats.