Patent ID: 8870605

Claim:
A socket connector, comprising: an insulative housing defining a plurality of contact-receiving slots, each contact-receiving slot opening to both a top surface and a front surface of the insulative housing; a plurality of conductive contacts received in the insulative housing and each comprising a contacting portion received in a corresponding contact-receiving slot and a termination portion extending beyond the insulative housing, the contacting portion comprising a pair of contacting sections which define a receiving room therebetween, each forming a recess on a front edge adjacent to said front surface of the insulative housing, said pair of contacting sections spaced from each other and defining the receiving room therebetween towards said top surface of the insulative housing, said recesses of said contacting sections facing towards the front surface of the insulative housing; wherein said contacting sections together with said recesses are arranged such that a complementary connector can alternatively mate with said conductive contacts either from an up-to-down direction or a front-to-back direction; and a protection cover disposed to a bottom surface of the insulative housing.