Patent ID: 7988456
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An orthogonal connector system for connecting a first circuit board and a second circuit board oriented orthogonally with respect to the first circuit board, the orthogonal connector system comprising: a receptacle assembly and a header assembly mated with the receptacle assembly, the receptacle assembly being connected to the first circuit board and the header assembly being connected to the second circuit board, the receptacle assembly and the header assembly both have a housing and contact modules held within the corresponding housing, the contact modules have conductors extending along a conductor plane between contact tails and mating contacts, the contact tails extending from a mounting edge thereof, the contact tails of the receptacle connector being connected to the first circuit board and the contact tails of the header assembly being connected to the second circuit board, the mating contacts extending from a mating edge thereof, the mating contacts arranged in pairs with one mating contact of each pair being transitioned to one side of the contact plane and the other mating contact of each pair being transitioned to the opposite side of the conductor plane, the mating edges being generally orthogonal with respect to the mounting edges; wherein the mating contacts of the receptacle assembly are directly connected to the mating contacts of the header assembly, and wherein the mounting edge of the receptacle assembly is generally orthogonal with respect to the mounting edge of the header assembly.