Patent ID: 7300290

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: an insulating housing; first contacts secured to the housing, each of the first contacts having the same shape and including a housing securing member, a contact member extending from a first end of the housing securing member, and a circuit board connecting member extending from a second end of the housing securing member that is offset from the contact member; and the first contacts being secured to the insulating housing in at least one row such that a first plurality of the first contacts is inverted by 180 degrees with respect to a second plurality of the first contacts in the at least one row, the circuit board connecting members of the first contacts in the first and second pluralities having the same pitch along the at least one row, and the contact members of the first contacts of the first plurality facing the contact members of the first contacts of the second plurality having a different pitch than the pitch of the circuit board connecting members along the at least one row.