Patent ID: 9735481
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G02B,H01R,H05K

Claim:
1. A daughter card assembly comprising: a circuit board having body edges that coincide with a board plane, the body edges including a leading edge and a trailing edge; leading and trailing connectors mounted to the circuit board and communicatively coupled to each other through the circuit board, the leading and trailing connectors being proximate to the leading and trailing edges, respectively, and having mating ends that face in different directions along the board plane; a support wall coupled to the circuit board and extending along the trailing edge orthogonal to the board plane, the support wall having opposite interior and exterior surfaces and a wall opening therethrough, the trailing connector being positioned on the circuit board such that the mating end of the trailing connector substantially aligns with the wall opening; and a retention shroud coupled to the support wall and projecting from the exterior surface, the retention shroud defining a shroud passage that aligns with the wall opening of the support wall, wherein the shroud passage at least one of receives the trailing connector or is configured to receive a cable connector that mates with the trailing connector, wherein the retention shroud is indirectly coupled to the trailing connector through the support wall and the circuit board.