Patent ID: 7217151

Claim:
A connector system, comprising: a first and a second substrate; a first electrical connector mounted on a major surface of the first substrate, the first electrical connector comprising a housing and a contact mounted on the housing; and a second electrical connector mounted on the second substrate so that the second electrical connector faces a major surface of second substrate, the second electrical connector comprising a housing having a projection, and a contact mounted on the housing, wherein the second electrical connector mates with the first electrical connector so that the major surfaces of the first and second substrates are substantially perpendicular, the contact of the first electrical connector electrically contacts the contact of the second electrical connector, and the projection contacts the first substrate so that at least a portion of the weight of the second electrical connector and the second substrate is transmitted to the first substrate by way of the projection wherein the second electrical connector and the second substrate are suspended from the first substrate by the projection, wherein the second electrical connector is capable of mating with the first electrical connector when the first and second electrical connectors are located on the same side of the first substrate.