Patent ID: 9543676
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A connector adapter comprising: an adapter body having a mating side and a mounting side, the mounting side configured to be mounted to a circuit board, the mating side configured to have an electrical connector stacked thereon, the mating side including signal cavities that open to the mating side; and signal conductors extending through the adapter body, each of the signal conductors having and extending between a pin socket positioned at the mating side and a signal tail positioned at the mounting side, the pin sockets being positioned within corresponding signal cavities, each of the pin sockets comprising a socket body having a receiving edge and an inner surface that extend continuously around a conductor axis and to define a thru-hole, the receiving edge being closer to the mating side than the inner surface, the inner surface extending from the receiving edge and along the conductor axis, wherein the receiving edge and the inner surface of the socket body are configured to engage and compress opposite edges of a connector tail of the electrical connector as the connector tail of the electrical connector is inserted into the thru-hole in a direction along the conductor axis.