Patent ID: 7740498

Claim:
A receiver assembly for use in a connector assembly that facilitates electrical communication between a first computer subsystem and a second computer subsystem, the receiver assembly adapted to be coupled between the first computer subsystem and the second computer subsystem, the receiver assembly comprising a first row of substantially collinear, spaced-apart, first connector receivers; a second row of substantially collinear, spaced-apart, first connector receivers, wherein each first connector receiver defines a first connector engaging location and each first connector receiver having a first receiver depth, and each of the first connector engaging locations being arranged substantially collinearly; and a plurality of spaced apart second connector receivers each having a second receiver depth that is different than the first receiver depth, wherein the second connector receivers are interspersed between and substantially collinear with the first connector receivers along at least one of the rows of first connector receivers so that each of the second connector receivers is positioned substantially between a corresponding pair of the first connector receivers, the second connector receivers each define a second connector engaging location, and the second connector engaging locations are positioned substantially collinear with the first connector engaging locations.