Patent ID: 6345990
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An interconnect assembly comprising:a pair of circuit boards positioned generally parallel to each other; a combined stacking and right angle connector mounted between said boards in stacked relationship; said connector comprising an insulative body having opposite faces adjacent to said boards, and opposite side surfaces generally perpendicular to said faces; at least one right angle contact in said body having mating sections at its opposite ends, one of said mating sections being adjacent to one of said faces and the other of said mating sections being adjacent to one of said side surfaces; at least one stacking contact in said body having mating sections at its opposite ends each adjacent to a respective one of said faces; connecting elements mounted in said circuit boards having mating sections releasably engaged with said mating sections of said stacking contact; and an additional connecting element mounted in said circuit board adjacent to said one face having a mating section releasably engaged with said mating section of said right angle contact adjacent to said one face.