Patent ID: 7134917

Claim:
A modular connector adapted for being mounting on a printed circuit board and mating with a mating connector, comprising: an insulative housing including a top wall, a bottom wall having a bottom face adapted for being mounting to the printed circuit board, a rear wall and opposite side walls, the top, bottom, rear and opposite side walls cooperatively defining a chamber therein; a terminal module insert fixedly received in the chamber, the insert including a casing and a plurality of terminals mounted in the casing, the casing defining a plurality of passageways and a plurality of vertical holes, each terminal including a mourning end for being mounted in the vertical hole, a fixing portion for being received in the passageway and a mating end extending from the fixing portion for engaging with a contact of the mating connector in a front-to-rear direction, said fixing portions extending within a same plane, some of the terminals having positioning portions at the fixing portions, the positioning portions being oriented perpendicularly to the front-to-rear direction, the positioning portions being bent horizontally and inwardly on the way from rear to front of the fixing portions of the terminals.