Patent ID: 7258553

Claim:
A sealed electrical connector assembly for mounting between a pair of printed circuit boards, comprising: a first electrical connector having a dielectric housing with a plurality of conductive terminals mounted therein which have tail portions for connecting to appropriate circuit traces on a first printed circuit board; a second electrical connector mateable with the first connector and having a dielectric housing with a plurality of conductive terminals mounted therein which have tail portions for connecting to appropriate circuit traces on a second printed circuit board, said second printed circuit board being spaced from and generally parallel to the first printed circuit board when the connectors are mounted on their respective circuit boards and the connectors are mated together; and an open-ended, generally hollow shroud independent of and surrounding the mated connectors and configured to be positioned between the parallel printed circuit boards, the peripheral edges of open ends of the shroud being resilient and in engagement with opposing surfaces of the parallel printed circuit boards to seal the mating connectors disposed within the shroud from the outside environment.