Patent ID: 7766696

Claim:
An electrical connector assembly for electrically connecting a plurality of coaxial cables to a circuit board, said assembly comprising: an at least partially dielectric housing having a mounting side portion configured to be mounted to the circuit board and a mating side portion opposite the mounting side portion; and a plurality of coaxial cable connectors held by the housing, each coaxial cable connector comprising an outer electrical contact and an inner electrical contact extending generally coaxially with each other, each outer and inner electrical contact extending from a mating end portion on the mating side portion of the housing to a mounting end portion, the mounting end portion of each of the outer and inner electrical contacts being configured to be electrically connected to a corresponding electrical contact on the circuit board, the mating end portion of each of the outer and inner electrical contacts being configured to be electrically connected to an electrical contact of a corresponding one of the coaxial cables, wherein the coaxial cable connectors are arranged in a row, the housing comprising a plurality of openings extending through the housing, each opening extending between a corresponding pair of adjacent coaxial cable connectors within the row, each opening exposing at least a portion of the mounting end portion of the inner electrical contact of at least one of the corresponding pair of adjacent coaxial cable connectors.