Patent ID: 11870172
Assignee: TYCO ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A connector assembly, comprising:
a pair of connectors each including:
an insulating housing formed with a slot extending in a longitudinal direction, at least one of two opposite ends of the slot defining an open end; and
a conductive terminal disposed within the slot, the conductive terminal includes a plug extending from a bottom of the insulating housing;

a first circuit board received within the slot and including an electrical contact pad contacting the conductive terminal, the electrical contact pad extending outside of the insulating housing in the longitudinal direction via the open end of the slot; and
a pair of second circuit boards each including a socket engaging with the plug, the pair of connectors are respectively mounted to the pair of second circuit boards, a first one of the second circuit boards is arranged within a horizontal plane and the second one of the second circuit boards is arranged within a vertical plane with the connectors of each of the second circuit boards extending perpendicularly to each other and being spaced apart by a predetermined distance in a horizontal direction, the first circuit board inserted into one of the pair of connectors in a vertical direction, and inserted into the another of the pair of connectors in a horizontal direction, with a portion of the electrical contact pad on the first circuit board extending outside of the open ends of each of the pair of connectors via the open ends.