Patent ID: 7789669

Claim:
A removable card connector assembly configured to be inserted into and engage an electrical system, the card connector assembly comprising: a circuit board having a surface that extends along a board plane in a longitudinal direction; an electrical connector assembly coupled to the circuit board, the electrical connector assembly including a flexible circuit and a moveable contact array of mating contacts coupled to the flexible circuit, the moveable contact array being configured to engage a system contact array of mating contacts in the electrical system; and a coupling mechanism configured to selectively move the moveable contact array between a retracted position, at which the moveable contact array is spaced apart from the system contact array, and an engaged position, at which the moveable and system contact arrays are engaged with one another, the coupling mechanism holding the moveable contact array in the retracted position when inserted into the electrical system, the moveable contact array being arranged along a contact plane that extends in the longitudinal direction when in the engaged position.