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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2019
Te Connectivity Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Japan G.k., Kawasaki, JP;
Brian Patrick Costello, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Naoki Hashimoto, Tokyo, JP;
TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH et al., Schaffhausen, CH;
Abstract
An electrical connector system includes a circuit card assembly and a pluggable module. The circuit card assembly including a host circuit board, a socket connector mounted to the host circuit board, and a guide rail extending along the host circuit board. The socket connector has a socket substrate having upper contacts having mating interfaces being accessible from above the socket connector and being coplanar. The guide rail has a guide feature and a module actuator. The pluggable module includes a module body operatively engaging the guide rail to guide mating of the module body with the guide rail in a module mating direction. The pluggable module includes an actuation feature engaging the module actuator to force mating of module contacts with the upper contacts in a contact mating direction transverse to the module mating direction.