Patent ID: 6957967

Claim:
An electrical connector for electrically interconnecting an electrical device having a plurality of conductive members with a substrate defining a plurality of holes, the electrical connector assembly comprising: a dielectric housing; a plurality of first terminals secured on the housing in rows parallel to each other, each of the first terminals comprising a middle portion secured on the housing, a contact portion extending upwardly from one end of the middle portion for engaging a corresponding conductive member, and a connecting portion extending downwardly from an opposite end of the middle portion; and a plurality of second terminals secured on the housing, each of the second terminals comprising a middle section secured on the housing, a mating portion extending from one end of the middle section and being adapted to mechanically and electrically engage the connecting portion of a corresponding first terminal, and a mounting portion extending from an opposite end of the middle section to be received in a corresponding hole of the substrate; wherein the middle section of at least one of the second terminals comprises a portion bent to offset the mounting portion of said at least one of the second terminals away from the mating portion of said at least one of the second terminals, so that contact portions of two adjacent first terminals that mechanically and electrically engage two corresponding second terminals are distanced a pitch less than that defined between two holes that electrically mate with said two corresponding second terminals.