Patent ID: 8292669

Claim:
An electrical connector adapted for being mounted on a mother board, comprising: a housing; and a plurality of contact modules secured to the housing, each contact module comprising: a wafer; and a plurality of terminals insert molded with the wafer, said terminals including an upper terminal having an upper contact portion and a lower contact terminal having a lower contact portion, said upper contact portion and the lower contact portion being separated from each other along a vertical direction to define a slot therebetween, said upper terminal and said lower contact terminal being secured in the wafer at two secured positions remote from each other along a mating direction perpendicular to the vertical direction, with the upper contact portion and the lower contact portion approaching close to each other along the mating direction; said upper terminal comprises an upper mounting portion and an upper connecting portion connecting with the upper contact portion and the upper mounting portion, and said lower contact terminal comprises a lower mounting portion and a lower connecting portion connecting with the lower contact portion and the lower mounting portion, and wherein said wafer comprises a base portion extending along the mating direction and a supporting portion extending along the vertical direction from one end of the base portion, said upper connecting portion of the upper terminal secured in the supporting portion along the mating direction, said lower connecting portion of the lower contact terminal secured in the base portion along the vertical direction.