Patent ID: 7592693

Claim:
An intercoupling component comprising: a first insulative support member including a first array of apertures extending from an first surface to an opposite second surface of the first insulative support member; a second insulative support member including a second array of apertures extending from an first surface to an opposite second surface of the second insulative support member, the second array of apertures located in a pattern corresponding to the first array of apertures; a plurality of first male contacts, each first male contact received within a corresponding aperture of the first array of apertures and extending beyond the second surface of the first insulative support member toward the second insulative support member, each first male contact having a first axis; a plurality of second contacts, each second contact received within a corresponding aperture of the second array of apertures, each second contact having a second axis; and an alignment member configured to establish a specified position of the first insulative support member relative to the second insulative support member; wherein the first axis of each male contact is offset from the second axis of a corresponding second contact when the first insulative support member is in the specified position relative to the second insulative support member.