Patent ID: 7390194
Filing Date: 2008-06-24
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A connector for coupling a first circuit board with a second circuit board, comprising: a connector frame having a first frame member secured to the first circuit board and defining a first wall, and an opposing second frame member secured to the second circuit board and defining a second wall generally parallel with the first wall; a plurality of wafers disposed within the connector frame between the first and second walls, each wafer having a first edge in sliding contact with the first wall, an opposing second edge in sliding contact with the second wall, and a plurality of electrically conducting pathways extending from the first edge to the second edge; a wafer guide structure disposed within the frame and defining a plurality of wafer-support aisles on each of the first and second walls, each wafer support aisle on the first wall for receiving the first edge of a respective one of the plurality of wafers and each wafer support aisle on the second wall for receiving the second end of a respective one of the plurality of wafers, wherein the wafer support aisles on the first wall are in generally opposing alignment with the wafer support aisles on the second wall to constrain the wafers with a fixed lateral spacing and generally parallel alignment; and a plurality of terminals spaced along the wafer support aisle such that each wafer is movable within the respective wafer support aisle between a first position wherein each electrically conducting pathway is not aligned for electrical contact with a terminal on the first wall and an opposing terminal on the second wall, and a second position wherein each electrically conducting pathway is aligned for electrical contact with a terminal on the first wall and an opposing terminal on the second wall.