Dual connector system having a securing strap

A dual connector system comprising:

• a host circuit board having a front mounting area and a rear mounting area;
• a first electrical connector at the front mounting area of the host circuit board, the first electrical connector having a housing having a card slot, the housing holding first contacts at the card slot, the first contacts being terminated to the host circuit board;
• a second electrical connector at the rear mounting area of the host circuit board, the second electrical connector having a housing having an upper mating surface, the housing having a first side and an opposite second side, the housing holding second contacts at the upper mating surface between the first and second sides, the second contacts being terminated to the host circuit board, the housing having a first connector latching feature at the first side of the housing, the housing having a second connector latching feature at the second side of the housing;
• a dual connector module mated to the first and second electrical connectors, the dual connector module having a module circuit board including an upper surface and a lower surface facing the host circuit board, the module circuit board having at least one communication component on the upper surface, the module circuit board extending between a front edge and a rear edge, the module circuit board having front contact pads proximate to the front edge for electrically connecting to the first electrical connector, the module circuit board having rear contact pads remote from the front edge for electrically connecting to the second electrical connector;
• a first securing strap secured to the dual connector module, the first securing strap having a first strap latching feature at a distal end of the first securing strap being latchably coupled to the first connector latching feature to secure the dual connector module to the second electrical connector;
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• a second securing strap secured to the dual connector module, the second securing strap having a second strap latching feature at a distal end of the second securing strap being latchably coupled to the second connector latching feature to secure the dual connector module to the second electrical connector.

A dual connector system comprising:

• a host circuit board having a front mounting area and a rear mounting area;
• a first electrical connector at the front mounting area of the host circuit board, the first electrical connector having a housing having a card slot, the housing holding first contacts at the card slot, the first contacts being terminated to the host circuit board;
• a second electrical connector at the rear mounting area of the host circuit board, the second electrical connector having a housing having an upper mating surface, the housing having a first side and an opposite second side, the housing holding second contacts at the upper mating surface between the first and second sides, the second contacts being terminated to the host circuit board, the housing having a first connector latching feature at the first side of the housing;
• a dual connector module mated to the first and second electrical connectors, the dual connector module having a module circuit board including an upper surface and a lower surface facing the host circuit board, the module circuit board having at least one communication component on the upper surface, the module circuit board extending between a front edge and a rear edge, the module circuit board having front contact pads proximate to the front edge for electrically connecting to the first electrical connector, the module circuit board having rear contact pads remote from the front edge for electrically connecting to the second electrical connector;
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• a securing strap secured to the dual connector module, the securing strap having a first strap latching feature at a first end of the securing strap;
• wherein the dual connector module is coupled to the host circuit board by lowering the dual connector module in a loading direction generally perpendicular to the host circuit board to a pre-staged position where the first connector interface is adjacent to the first electrical connector and the second connector interface is adjacent to the second electrical connector;
• wherein the dual connector module is slid forward from the pre-staged position to a mated position in a mating direction generally parallel to the upper surface of the host circuit board to mate the first connector interface to the first electrical connector by loading the front edge of the module circuit board into the card slot of the first electrical connector to mate the first contacts to the first contact pads and to mate the second connector interface to the second electrical connector to mate the second contacts to the second contact pads;
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• wherein the first strap latching feature is aligned with and latchably coupled to the first connector latching feature in the mated position to secure the dual connector module to the second electrical connector.