Patent ID: 6431886
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
An electrical connector for coupling a motherboard having a power supply to a daughter card having power consuming components, the electrical connector comprising:a board portion having board contacts for coupling to the mother board, a guide pin adapted to be electrically and mechanically coupled to the motherboard, and electrical contacts electrically coupled to the board contacts; a card portion configured to mate with the board portion, the card portion having card contacts for coupling to the daughter card, a guide pin-receiving aperture, and electrical contacts electrically coupled to the card contacts and configured to couple to the electrical contacts of the board portion when the card portion is mated to the board portion, and wherein the guide pin is received in the guide pin-receiving aperture during mating of the board portion and card portion and the guide pin and guide pin-receiving aperture cooperate to facilitate alignment of the electrical contacts in the board portion for mating with the electrical contacts in the card portion.