Patent ID: 7027305

Claim:
An arrangement to facilitate vertical mounting of a subassembly circuit board on a system circuit board comprising: a subassembly circuit board having a pair of major surfaces, a first edge to be mounted adjacent the system circuit board, and an opposing second edge; a first base header to be mounted on the system circuit board comprising an elongated header and a plurality of mounting lugs attached to the header in co-planar configuration, wherein each lug of said plurality is a conductive body comprising a base section and a transverse section, the base section comprising a generally planar section for connecting to the major surface of the system board and the transverse section comprising a generally planar section substantially perpendicular to the base section for connecting to a major surface of the subassembly board; a second base header to be mounted on the system circuit board comprising an elongated header and a plurality of connector pins attached to the header in co-planar configuration; wherein the first and second base headers are adapted to mechanically couple to the vertically mounted subassembly circuit board adjacent the first edge.