Patent ID: 7740489

Claim:
A connector assembly comprising: a housing having a mating interface and a mounting interface on opposing sides of the housing, the mounting interface configured to engage a first substrate when the housing is mounted to the first substrate, the mating interface configured to mate with a mating connector mounted to a second substrate, the housing configured to mate with the mating connector to interconnect the substrates in a parallel arrangement; a contact extending between and protruding from the mating and mounting interfaces of the housing and configured to provide an electrical connection between the substrates; and a compressive coupling member configured to extend through the substrates and the housing in a direction transverse to at least one of the mating and mounting interfaces, the coupling member configured to apply a compressive force to the housing to secure the housing with the mating connector to electrically and mechanically interconnect the substrates, wherein the coupling member comprises a flange for engaging the first substrate and a second flange for engaging the second substrate, the coupling member being manually rotatable to move the opposing flanges toward one another to increase the compressive force and away from one another to decrease the compressive force.