Patent ID: 7497739

Claim:
An electrical connector assembly comprising: a first connector comprising: a connector body having a base and a first abutment face; and a plurality of contacts extending from the base and beyond said first abutment face, the contacts oriented in a first direction away from said first abutment face; a second connector comprising: a body and a second abutment face opposite to said first abutment face of the first connector; and a plurality of terminals extending from the body and beyond said second abutment face, some of the terminals oriented in said first direction away from said second abutment face and the remainder of the terminals oriented in a second direction from said second abutment face towards said first abutment face, wherein said first direction is perpendicular to said second direction; wherein said terminals of the second connector that are oriented in said second direction extend into said first abutment face of the first connector; further comprising a middle spacer disposed on a bottom region between the first connector and the second connector and defining a plurality of through holes which respectively receive said contacts of the first connector and said some of the terminals of the second connector therein; wherein the first connector body and the second connector body are directly fastened together as a unit.