Patent ID: 7850466

Claim:
A connector assembly comprising: a housing extending from a front end to an opposite back end and having opposite sides that extend from the front end to the back end, the housing including an interior chamber inwardly extending from the front end and configured to receive a mating connector through the front end of the housing, the housing further including an outwardly extending protrusion having a tab slot; a tab received in the tab slot of the protrusion and extending toward the front end of the housing to a housing mounting surface, the housing mounting surface mounted to a first side of a substrate; and a contact joined with the housing and extending between a mating end and a mounting surface of the contact, the contact including an arm disposed between a mounting body of the contact and the mounting surface, the arm extending through at least one of the opposite sides of the housing from the interior chamber of the housing to the mounting surface disposed outside of the housing, the mating end configured to engage a mating contact of the mating connector, the mounting surface configured to be mounted to the first side of the substrate to electrically couple the mating connector with the substrate, wherein the housing extends through an opening in the substrate such that the back end of the housing protrudes from the first side of the substrate and the front end of the housing protrudes from an opposite second side of the substrate.