Patent ID: 8123560
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector system comprising: a first connector comprising a housing holding a plurality of contacts; a second connector comprising a housing holding a plurality of contacts; and a metal shield having walls defining a shielded chamber; wherein the first and second connectors are configured to be mounted to a circuit board in a stacked arrangement next to one another, the first and second connectors are configured to be arranged in a shielded configuration in which the first and second connectors are positioned within the shielded chamber and mounted to the circuit board with the metal shield and the first and second connectors are configured to be arranged in an unshielded configuration in which the first and second connectors are mounted to the circuit board without the metal shield; and wherein the housings define mating interfaces for mating with corresponding mating connectors, the first and second connectors received in the metal shield without affecting the mating interfaces such that the housings are configured to be mated to the mating connectors in the shielded configuration and in the unshielded configuration.