Patent ID: 7613011

Claim:
An assembly for mechanically securing at least one card to a printed circuit board, the assembly comprising: a first connector body having a first plurality of electrical contacts; a second connector body having a second plurality of electrical contacts, the first connector body being releasably engaged to a first securement member independently from the second connector body, each connector body having opposing first and second sides extending longitudinally, wherein the first plurality of electrical contacts are disposed along the second side of the first connector body, and a second plurality of electrical contacts are disposed along the first side of the second connector body; and a first card with first and second surfaces and a first plurality of surface contacts disposed on the first surface of the first card, the first card being mechanically secured between the second side of the first connector body and the first side of the second connector body, and wherein at least some of the first plurality of contacts are respectively coupled to a corresponding contact from the first plurality of surface contacts, wherein the second connector body further comprises a flexibly rigid conductive member having first and second contact regions, the assembly further comprising a buckling beam configured to forcibly engage the flexibly rigid conductive member with a first force sufficient to induce a deformation of the flexibly rigid conductive member, said deformation advancing the first and second contact regions into electrical engagement with third and fourth contact regions respectively.