Patent ID: 6659808
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
An electrical connector assembly comprising:a male connector including first and second individual housing portions engaging with each other, a plurality of signal contacts and a plurality of grounding terminals attached to the second housing portion and a plurality of substrates held by the first housing portion, each substrate having an edge moveably sandwiched by the signal contacts and the grounding terminals, the first housing portion providing two frames at opposite sides thereof, each frame defining a chamber and providing at least one guiding key on an inner surface thereof; and a female connector including a dielectric member for engaging with the first housing portion, a plurality of signal contacts and a plurality of grounding terminals attached to the dielectric member for electrically engaging with the substrates, the dielectric member having a pair of guiding posts at opposite ends thereof, each guiding post defining at least one guiding cut in an outer surface thereof, the guiding posts being inserted in corresponding chambers of the first housing portion before the first housing portion engages with the dielectric member, the guiding posts being insertable into the corresponding chambers only when the guiding keys are received in corresponding guiding cuts.