Patent ID: 8371882
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A straddle mount connector for edge mounting to a circuit board of a pluggable module, the straddle mount connector comprising: a dielectric connector body having a base and a plug extending from the base, the base being configured to be coupled to an edge of the circuit board, the plug extending a length from the base to an end surface of the plug, the plug having opposite first and second sides and being configured to be received within a receptacle of a receptacle connector; and electrical contacts held by the connector body, the electrical contacts comprising mating segments that are configured to mate with corresponding mating contacts of the receptacle connector, the mating segments being arranged in a row that extends along the first side of the plug, the mating segments extending lengths along the first side of the plug from the base to contact tips of the mating segments, wherein the contact tip of a first of the electrical contacts is positioned closer to the end surface of the plug than the contact tip of a second of the electrical contacts such that, as the plug is inserted into the receptacle of the receptacle connector, the mating segment of the first electrical contact is configured to mate with the corresponding mating contact before the mating segment of the second electrical contact mates with the corresponding mating contact of the receptacle connector; and wherein the contact tip of a third of the electrical contacts is positioned further from the end surface of the plug than the contact tip of the second electrical contact such that, as the plug is inserted into the receptacle of the receptacle connector, the mating segment of the third electrical contact is configured to mate with the corresponding mating contact after the mating segments of the first and second electrical contacts mate with the corresponding mating contacts of the receptacle connector, a contact tip of a fourth of the electrical contacts being positioned further from the end surface of the plug than the contact tip of the third electrical contact such that, as the plug is inserted into the receptacle of the receptacle connector, the mating segment of the fourth electrical contact is configured to mate with the corresponding mating contact after the mating segments of the first, second, and third electrical contacts mate with the corresponding mating contacts of the receptacle connector.