Patent ID: 7883366

Claim:
A connector assembly comprising: a receptacle assembly and a header assembly coupled together, the receptacle assembly comprising: an array of signal contacts having mating portions, the mating portions being female contacts, having a receptacle; and a housing holding the array of signal contacts in rows and columns, wherein the signal contacts are arranged along axes of the rows and columns, the mating portions of the signal contacts being oriented at a non-orthogonal angle relative to the axes of the rows and columns, wherein mating portions of the signal contacts in adjacent rows are angled in a common direction and mating portions of the signal contacts in adjacent columns are angled in a common direction; and the header assembly comprising: an array of signal contacts having mating portions, the mating portions of the header assembly being male contacts received within the receptacles of the corresponding signal contacts of the receptacle assembly; and a housing holding the array of signal contacts of the header assembly in rows and columns, wherein the signal contacts of the header assembly are arranged along axes of the rows and columns the mating portions of the signal contacts of the header assembly being oriented at a non-orthogonal angle relative to the axes of the rows and columns, wherein mating portions of the signal contacts of the header assembly in adjacent rows are angled in a common direction and mating portions of the signal contacts of the header assembly in adjacent columns are angled in a common direction.