Patent ID: 8167639

Claim:
A connector assembly comprising: a receptacle connector including a housing defining an interior chamber, a lever arm pivotally joined to the housing, and a center contact disposed within the interior chamber and oriented along a longitudinal axis of the receptacle connector; and a mating connector including a plug body and an axial conductive member disposed in the plug body along a center axis of the plug body, wherein the lever arm of the receptacle connector includes a projection that extends from the lever arm along a first direction and engages the plug body of the mating connector when the plug body is received in the interior chamber, the lever arm configured to pivot about an axis extending in a second direction relative to the housing to cause the projection to engage and drive the plug body within the interior chamber and mate the axial conductive member with the center contact, further wherein the first direction and the second direction are oriented along non-intersecting lines.