Patent ID: 8419441

Claim:
A system for electrically connecting circuit boards, comprising: a pair of board connectors configured to be electrically connected to respective circuit boards, each of the board connectors including a plurality of electrical conductors and a housing configured to enclose at least a portion of the electrical conductors; and an interconnector including a plurality of electrical conductors, each configured to electrically connect to a respective electrical conductor of the board connectors, thereby electrically connecting the circuit boards, and a housing configured to cooperate with the housings of the board conductors to at least partially enclose the electrical connections between the electrical conductors of the interconnector and board connectors, and wherein the housing of each board connector includes an open end configured to cooperate with an aperture in a respective circuit board such that respective portions of the interconnector are disposed through corresponding apertures in each circuit board and into the open ends of respective board connectors when the interconnector is electrically connected to the board connectors.