Electrical connector

An electrical connector mounted to a circuit board, comprising:

• an insulative housing defining a bottom mounting face for mounting on a circuit board, and an aperture in the bottom mounting face and a plurality of contact receiving cavities;
• a plurality of contacts received in the contact receiving cavities;
• and
• at least one boardlock having an engaging portion for being secured to the insulative housing, a mounting portion adapted for being mounted to the circuit board, and an intermediate portion extending beyond the bottom mounting face of the insulative housing, the intermediate portion having at least a stopper laterally extending therefrom, said stopper having a bottom face for abutting against a top surface of the circuit board, an observed height of the insulative housing with respect to the circuit board being defined which is substantially equal to a distance between the bottom face of the stopper and the bottom mounting face of the insulative housing, wherein the engaging portion of the at least one boardlock laterally extends a greater distance than the stopper and is engageably received in the aperture in the bottom mounting face of the insulative housing;
• wherein the height of the insulative housing above the circuit board is governed by a length of the intermediate portion of the at least one boardlock;
• wherein the engaging portion of the at least one boardlock extends in a direction parallel to the bottom mounting face of the insulative housing.