Patent ID: 7934937
Filing Date: 2011-05-03
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector assembly comprising: a body extending along a longitudinal axis between front and back ends and along a vertical axis between a top surface and bottom surfaces, the body having a mating section, a raised section, and a mounting section, the mating section including the front end and configured to couple with a mating connector, the mounting section configured to be joined to a circuit board; one or more contacts disposed in the body and configured to electrically couple with the mating connector and with the circuit board, wherein the raised section is spaced apart from and is suspended above the circuit board when the mounting section is mounted to the circuit board; and wherein the mating section and the mounting section each extend along the longitudinal axis between opposite first and second ends, the body establishing a through-tunnel between the body and the circuit board when the body is mounted to the circuit board, the through-tunnel bounded by the second end of the mating section, the first end of the mounting section, a bottom surface of the raised section, and the circuit board when the body is mounted to the circuit board.