Patent ID: 7488200

Claim:
A connector assembly for electrical connection between two printed circuit boards arranged side by side, said connector assembly comprising: a pair of receptacles configured to be mounted on each printed circuit board, respectively, an attachment member connected to said pair of receptacles so as to electrically connect between said pair of receptacles, wherein each of said receptacles comprises a housing made from an insulating material and configured to be fixed on one of said printed circuit boards, and a plurality of substrate terminals made from a conductive material and configured to be electrically connected to said printed circuit board, said plurality of substrate terminals being arranged on both sides of said housing in a direction perpendicular to an arranging direction of said two printed circuit boards, said attachment member comprising a pair of holders coupled to said pair of receptacles, and a plurality of connection members which connect between said pair of holders electrically, said plurality of connection members comprising first connection members and second connection members, each of said fist connection members and each of said second connection members having, respectively, a link section disposed between said pair of holders, and connection terminals formed at both ends of said link section and coming into contact with said substrate terminals of said receptacles when said pair of holders are coupled to said pair of receptacles, said first connection members connecting between said substrate terminals arranged on a side of each housing which is near the opposite housing out of said substrate terminals arranged on both sides of each housing, said second connection members connecting between said substrate terminals arranged on a side of each housing which is far from the opposite housing out of said substrate terminals arranged on both sides of each housing, said link section of each of said first connection members being disposed nearer to said printed circuit boards than said link section of each of said second connection members in a thickness direction of said printed circuit boards, wherein said attachment member further comprises a spacer which is made from an insulating material and separates said link section of each of said first connection members and said link section of each of said second connection members from each other, and wherein said spacer has injection grooves in which the link sections of either said first connection members or said second connection members are pressed and fixed, and slide grooves which are formed in a surface of the spacer opposite to said injection grooves and hold slidably the link sections of the other of the first connection members and the second connection members.