Patent ID: 8147269

Claim:
A connector assembly comprising: a receptacle connector mounted on a substrate; and a plug connector matable with and removable from the receptacle connector on a plane parallel to the substrate, the plug connector including side portions, the receptacle connector including: guiding portions configured to guide the side portions of the plug connector for mating and removal of the plug connector, and fixing portions fixed on the substrate and formed integrally with the corresponding guiding portions; wherein each of the guiding portions includes: an upper wall parallel to the substrate in a state in which the receptacle connector is mounted on the substrate, and a side wall extending downward from the upper wall; wherein the plug connector includes a mating portion, and wherein the receptacle connector includes: a body configured to receive the mating portion of the plug connector along a first direction, the body extending along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and two arms extending along the first direction from the body so that the body and the two arms form a hook-shape, the guiding portions being attached to the arms.