Patent ID: 7347719

Claim:
A connector system, comprising: a vertical surface-mount electrical connector for mounting on a first substrate, the vertical surface-mount electrical connector comprising a housing and a contact mounted on the housing; and a right-angle surface-mount electrical connector for mounting on a second substrate that is perpendicular to the first substrate, the right-angle surface-mount electrical connector comprising a housing having a projection, and a contact mounted on the housing of the right-angle surface-mount electrical connector, wherein the right-angle surface-mount electrical connector is capable of mating with the vertical surface-mount electrical connector so that the contact of the vertical surface-mount electrical connector electrically contacts the contact of the right-angle surface-mount electrical connector and the projection contacts the first substrate so that at least a portion of the weight of the right-angle surface-mount electrical connector and the second substrate is transmitted to the first substrate by way of the projection, wherein the projection is substantially centered in relation to a width-wise direction of the housing of the right-angle surface-mount electrical connector.