Patent ID: 8430577

Claim:
An electrical connector defining a receiving opening for receiving a corresponding plug, comprising: an insulative housing having a tongue extending to the receiving opening and a cavity behind and neighboring to the receiving opening; a plurality of contacts attached to the insulative housing, each contact having a retaining portion retained in the insulative housing, a contact portion extending to the tongue from a front end of the retaining portion along a front to back direction, a tail portion for connecting with a circuit board and a connecting portion connecting the retaining portion and the tail portion; and an optical module forwardly assembled into the cavity from a rear side of the insulative housing and exposed to the receiving opening forwardly; wherein the connecting portions are offset relative to the contact portions of the corresponding contacts in a transverse direction so as to leave said cavity open rearward and allow said optical module to be forwardly assembled into the cavity from the rear side of the insulative housing.