Patent ID: 7789668

Claim:
An electrical connector assembly for electrically coupling primary and secondary circuit boards together, the secondary circuit board having a first contact array of board contacts thereon, the electrical connector assembly comprising: a circuit assembly including a second contact array of mating contacts configured to mate with the first contact array and a flexible circuit that electrically couples the second contact array to the primary circuit board; an alignment feature that has a fixed position relative to the second contact array; and a coupling mechanism supporting the alignment feature and the second contact array, wherein the coupling mechanism is configured to selectively move the alignment feature and the second contact array between a retracted position, in which the second contact array is spaced apart from the first contact array, and an engaged position, in which the first and second contact arrays engage one another, the alignment feature aligning the first and second contact arrays when the coupling mechanism selectively moves the second contact array toward the engaged position in a misaligned manner relative to the first contact array.