Patent ID: 7510441

Claim:
An electrical connector for engaging with a mating plug, comprising: a base element, a terminal module mounted to the base element, a pair of daughter boards attached to opposite side faces of the base element and a spacer mounted below the base element; a terminal module comprising an insulative insert and two rows of terminals mounted to the insulative insert; the base element comprising a pair of opposite contacting portions disposed on a front section thereof and a cutout is formed between the top wall, the bottom wall and the rear wall of the front section, said cutout defined between the pair of contacting portions, said cutout is configured to cooperate with the terminal module with an inner edge engaging to a corresponding passage defined on a rear face of the insulative insert; a top row of the terminals respectively has a contacting end received in said cutout of said base element and a tail portion extending outwardly from a side portion of said insulative insert; a top contacting portion includes a pair of first blocks perpendicularly extending from the top wall; and a lower row of terminals extend throughout an opposite first holes of the daughter board; the tail portions extend throughout a plurality of first holes disposed on the daughter board, thereby forming a conductive trace between the daughter board and the terminal module; the daughter board attached to a side face of the base element.