Patent ID: 7611387

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing including a mating tongue, said mating tongue defining thereof opposite first and second faces; a set of standard terminals disposed on the first face of said mating tongue and on a middle region thereof; a plurality of expanded terminals, at least including: a first group of power terminals adapted to carry a first predetermined voltage; a second group of power terminals adapted to carry a second predetermined voltage different from the first predetermined voltage; wherein the power terminals within said first and second groups are selectively disposed on the second face of said mating tongue and a remaining region of the first face; wherein said expanded terminals further include a third group of power terminals adapted to carry a third predetermined voltage; wherein said first, second and third groups of power terminals are adapted to carry a respective one of 3V, 5V, 12V; wherein each group of power terminals within said first and second groups adapted to carry 3V, 5V includes two power terminals, and said third group adapted to carry 12V includes three power terminals; wherein three power terminals within said third group are located at a first side region of the mating tongue but on the first and second faces, two power terminals within said second group are located at an opposite second side region of the mating tongue but on the respective first and second faces, two power terminals within said first group are located at the second face of the mating tongue.