Patent ID: 9666965
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. An electrical interconnection system comprising: a paddle card in a plate shape and having a first surface and a back to back second surface, comprising a plurality of first contact pads positioned on the first surface of the paddle card and a plurality of second contact pads positioned on the second surface of the paddle card; a first wafer comprising a plurality of first conductors each having a first contact portion and a second wafer comprising a plurality of second conductors each having a second contact portion; wherein each wafer comprises a housing enclosing at least part of the plurality of conductors of the wafer, and each said housing comprises a mounting edge at which the wafer can be mounted onto a printed circuit board, and a mating edge at which the contact portions are located; wherein the first wafer and the second wafer are assembled together to have the first contact portion and the second contact portion face each other and be able to form a gap therebetween for accommodating at least part of the paddle card; wherein each first contact portion is adapted to be in electrical contact with a corresponding first contact pad and each second contact portion is adapted to be in electrical contact with a corresponding second contact pad when the paddle card is at least partly accommodated in the gap.