Patent ID: 8092235

Claim:
A connector assembly comprising: a housing that is elongated along a longitudinal axis, the housing having channels extending between a housing mating end and an opposing back end, the housing mating end configured to mate with a mating connector; and a plurality of signal contacts disposed in the housing, each of the signal contacts including a signal contact mating end and a signal contact mounting end; and a plurality of power contacts disposed in the housing, each of the power contacts having a plurality of power contact mating ends and a plurality of power contact mounting ends, the power contact mating ends linearly aligned with each other in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis, the power contact mounting ends linearly aligned with each other in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis and configured to be mounted to a circuit board, wherein the signal contact mating ends and the power contact mating ends are linearly aligned with each other in a first direction oriented parallel to the longitudinal axis.