Patent ID: 7959445

Claim:
A connector system comprising: a first contact module terminated to a first circuit board proximate to an edge of the first circuit board, the first contact module having a first housing holding first contacts, the first contacts being electrically connected to the first circuit board; a second contact module terminated to a second circuit board proximate to an edge of the second circuit board, the second contact module having a second housing holding second contacts, the second contacts being electrically connected to the second circuit board; and a jumper module electrically connecting the first contacts and the second contacts, the jumper module movable independently of the first and second housings between a mated state and an unmated state, the first and second contacts being electrically connected in the mated state; wherein, when the jumper module is in the unmated state, the first circuit board and the second circuit board can be brought together from a plurality of different directions, the jumper module being moved to the mated state after the first and second circuit boards are brought together; and wherein the jumper module is separate from both the first and second contact modules in the unmated state, the jumper module being simultaneously coupled to both the first and second contact modules after the first and second circuit boards are brought together.