Patent ID: 6986682
Filing Date: 2006-01-17
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector assembly comprising: a first surface-mount connector comprising an insulative housing and a first printed circuit (PC) portion, the first PC portion having a first edge and a second edge, wherein a set of surface mount attachment structures for coupling the first PC portion to a first printed circuit board is disposed along the first edge, the first PC portion including a first plurality of conductors wherein each conductor of the first plurality of conductors extends from a location proximate to the first edge to a location proximate to the second edge; and a second surface-mount connector comprising an insulative housing and a second PC portion, the second PC portion having a first edge and a second edge, the second PC portion including a second plurality of conductors wherein each conductor of the second plurality of conductors extends from a location proximate to the first edge to a location proximate to the second edge, wherein a set of surface mount attachment structures for coupling the second PC portion to a second printed circuit board is disposed along the first edge, wherein a set of contact beams is disposed along the second edge of the second PC portion, wherein the first surface-mount connector and the second surface-mount connector are mateable such that each contact beam of the second surface-mount connector makes electrical contact with a corresponding one of the first plurality of conductors of the first PC portion, wherein the first PC portion of the first surface-mount connector is parallel to and overlaps at least a portion of the second PC portion of the second surface-mount connector when the first surface-mount connector and the second surface-mount connector are mated.