Patent ID: 6908320

Claim:
A connector assembly suitable for connecting a plurality of signals to a data processing system, comprising: a receptacle configured to attach to an adapter card of the data processing system wherein a longitudinal axis of a receptacle housing extends perpendicularly to a plane defined by the adapter card, the receptacle including a set of contact structures oriented along an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis; a probe including a plurality of contact elements wherein the probe is sized to be received within the receptacle and wherein the probe is rotatable within the receptacle from a first position, in which the probe contact elements do not contact the receptacle contact structures to a second position in which the probe contact elements align with the receptacle contacts structures; wherein the receptacle contact structures are further configured to connect to corresponding signals and the probe contact elements are configured to connect to corresponding interconnects such that the signals are connected to their corresponding interconnects when the probe is received within the receptacle in the second position.