US 7,578,707 B2
Modular board to board connector
Philip T. Stokoe, Attleboro, Mass. (US); and Edward C. Ekstrom, Merrimack, N.H. (US)
Assigned to Amphenol Corporation, Wallingford, Conn. (US)
Filed on Sep. 12, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/854,231.
Prior Publication US 2009/0068855 A1, Mar. 12, 2009
Int. Cl. H01R 13/502 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 439—701 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector assembly comprising:
a first module having a first side with an engagement structure, a second side, and a first contact section;
a second module having a second contact section and a first side with an engagement structure, wherein the first side of said second module is aligned with the first side of said first module along a first plane;
a third module having a third contact section, a first side with an engagement structure and a second side, wherein the second side of said third module is aligned with the second side of said first module along a second plane, and wherein the first, second and third contact sections are coplanar; and,
an elongated plate having a first engagement structure removably engaging the engagement structure of said first module, a second engagement structure removably engaging the engagement structure of said second module, and a third engagement structure removably engaging the engagement structure of said third module.