Patent ID: RE45018

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: a housing member; a plurality of contacts attached to the housing member, the contacts comprising a plurality of first contacts arranged side by side along a transverse direction, and a plurality of second contacts arranged side by side along the transverse direction as well, each first contact comprising a first main portion, a first contact portion and a first bending portion extending from a lateral edge of the first main portion, the first bending portion being substantially perpendicular to the first main portion; each second contact comprising a second main portion, a second contact portion and a second bending portion extending from a lateral edge of the second main portion, the second bending portion being substantially perpendicular to the second main portion and being parallel to the first bending portion, the first and the second contact portions being located at a same side of the housing member, wherein each of the second bending portion comprises a first width viewed from a left-to-right direction parallel to the transverse direction, and a second width viewed from a rear-to-front direction perpendicular to the transverse direction in condition that the second width is narrower than the first width, wherein the electrical connector further comprises a metal shield enclosing the housing member to form a receiving space to which the first and the second contact portions exposed, the housing member defining a through hole communicating with the receiving space to receive a fiber optic device.