Patent ID: 7442055

Claim:
A connector for use with a component electrical card comprising: a first rigid right angle connector portion comprising first right angle terminals, a first surface configured to matingly engage a first printed circuit board disposed on a first surface of a heat sink member of the component electrical card, a second surface having a plurality of backplane receptacles therein, and a third surface oriented to face a surface of a second connector portion; and a second rigid right angle connector portion comprising second right angle terminals, a first surface configured to matingly engage a second printed circuit board disposed on an opposite surface of the heat sink member of the component electrical card, a second surface having a plurality of backplane receptacles therein, and a third surface oriented to face the third surface of the first connector portion, wherein the first surfaces of the first and second connector portions position higher than the third surfaces of the first and the second connector portions respectively and oppose one another to define a gap between the first and second connection portions of a fixed, pre-determined distance configured to receive the component electrical card.