Patent ID: 7927143

Claim:
An electrical connector system for mounting a substrate, the system comprising: a plurality of wafer assemblies, each wafer assembly comprising: a first housing defining a plurality of first electrical contact channels, the first housing defining a plurality of projections extending from an edge of the first housing at a mounting end of the wafer assembly; a first array of electrical contacts positioned substantially within the plurality of first electrical contact channels, each electrical contact of the first array of electrical contacts defining a signal substrate engagement element extending past the edge of the first housing at the mounting end of the wafer assembly; a second housing configured to mate with the first housing, the second housing defining a plurality of second electrical contact channels, the second housing defining a plurality of projections extending from an edge of the second housing at the mounting end of the wafer assembly; a second array of electrical contacts positioned substantially within the plurality of second electrical contact channels, each electrical contact of the second array of electrical contacts defining a substrate engagement element extending past an edge of the second housing at the mounting end of the wafer assembly; an organizer positioned at the mounting end of the plurality of wafer assemblies, wherein the organizer defines: a first plurality of apertures dimensioned to allow the signal substrate engagement elements of the first and second arrays of electrical contacts to pass through the organizer and extend away from the organizer; and a second plurality of apertures dimensioned to allow the projections extending from the first and second housings to pass through the organizer.