Low profile electrical connector having improved contacts

An electrical connector comprising:

• a insulative housing defining a plurality of passageways therein;
• and
• a plurality of contacts received in the housing, each of said contacts including a resilient contact portion with a first mounting portion at a bottom portion thereof to hold said contact portion in position, a tail portion with a second mounting portion at a top portion thereof to hold said tail portion in position, said contact portion and said tail portion being offset from each other in a horizontal direction, and a bending portion with an obliquely extending main portion connected between a bottom of the first mounting portion and a top section of the second mounting portion;
• wherein
• the top section of the second mounting portion is higher than the bottom section of the first mounting portion along a lengthwise direction of each of said passageways.

An electrical connector comprising:

• an insulative housing defining first and second types passageways;
• a plurality of signal contacts received in the first type passageways, respectively, each of said signal contacts including:
• a contact portion with a contact apex thereof and with a first mounting portion at a bottom portion thereof to hold said contact portion in position,
• a tail with solderless board retention compliant portion there of and with a second mounting portion at a top portion thereof, and
• a bending portion connected between said contact portion and said tail;
• a plurality of grounding contacts received in the second type passageways, respectively, each of said grounding contacts having similar parts with each of said signal contacts;
• wherein
• both the contact apex and the compliant portion of the signal contact are downwardly offset from those of the grounding contact along a lengthwise direction of the passageway.