Patent ID: 8662932

Claim:
A connector system comprising: a right angle header connector having a header housing and a plurality of header contact modules coupled to the header housing, the header housing having a cavity open at a front of the header housing, the header contact modules having a plurality of header contacts extending between mating portions and mounting portions, the header contacts being right angle contacts having the mating portions oriented generally perpendicular with respect to the mounting portions, the mating portions being positioned in the cavity and defining separable mating interfaces, the mounting portions extending from bottoms of the header contact modules for mounting to a circuit board; and a right angle receptacle connector having a receptacle housing and a plurality of receptacle contact modules coupled to the receptacle housing, the receptacle housing being received in the cavity of the header housing through the front of the header housing, the receptacle contact modules having a plurality of receptacle contacts extending between mating portions and mounting portions, the receptacle contacts being right angle contacts having the mating portions oriented generally perpendicular with respect to the mounting portions, the mating portions of the receptacle contacts being mated to the mating portions of the header contacts, the mounting portions of the receptacle contacts extending from bottoms of the receptacle contact modules for mounting to a circuit board; wherein the bottoms of the receptacle contact modules are parallel to and non-coplanar with respect to the bottoms of the header contact modules.