Patent ID: 6159051
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical interconnection system comprising:a printed circuit board having a first surface and an opposite second surface, the first surface forming a plurality of circuit pads, the board further comprising a recess portion recessing a predetermined distance from the first surface thereof toward the second surface thereof, and a bottom in the recess portion; anda connector assembly comprising a housing, a plurality of contacts and a first and a second switch terminals retained in the housing with mating portions of the contacts and connecting portions of the switch terminals partially extending above a mating face of the housing, the housing forming a plurality of stands-off in a mounting face thereof, the mounting face being opposite the mating face;wherein the connector assembly is received in the recess portion of the board with the stands-off of the housing abutting against the first surface of the board and the bottom in the recess portion of the board abutting against the mating face of the housing thereby obtaining a low profile above the board, and a connecting portion of a selected one of the first and the second switch terminals is movable relative to an other connecting portion of the other of the first and the second switch terminals in response to insertion of a card into the electrical interconnection system;wherein each of the stands-off has a support face coplanar with solder faces of the contacts and the switch terminals soldered onto the circuit pads of the board; andwherein the bottom defines a corresponding number of cutouts in register with the mating portions of the contacts.