Hybrid electrical/optical connector

A connector, comprising:

• a housing extending laterally along a housing plane,
• the housing including a plurality of electrical sockets and a plurality of optical sockets thereon,
• the housing configured to mechanically couple in a plane generally parallel to a plane of a circuit board,
• the electrical sockets and the optical sockets being connectable in an insertion direction perpendicular to the housing plane,
• the electrical sockets and the optical sockets being laterally arranged on opposite sides of a division plane perpendicular to the housing plane.

A connector comprising:

• a housing extending laterally along a housing plane,
• the housing configured to be installed on a circuit board and be generally parallel to a plane of the circuit board when the housing is installed on the circuit board,
• the housing including a plurality of electrical sockets and a plurality of optical sockets thereon,
• the electrical sockets and the optical sockets being connectable in an insertion direction perpendicular to the housing plane,
• the electrical sockets and the optical sockets being laterally arranged on opposite sides of a division plane perpendicular to the housing plane,
• the housing including a latch/de-latch feature for installing and removing the optical sockets,
• the housing including a latch and ejection feature for installing and removing a transceiver module;
• wherein the electrical sockets are floated laterally, in the housing plane, and vertically, perpendicular to the housing plane.