US Patent 9980411 Connector, connector assembly and apparatus

A connector assembly is provided and includes a circuit board, an elastic connector, a cage, and a heat exchanger. The circuit board includes a heat exchanger opening passing there through. The elastic connector is positioned about the heat exchanger opening. The cage includes a bottom cage with a cage opening facing a first surface of the circuit board. The heat exchanger is positioned on the bottom cage, such that one side of the heat exchanger passes through the cage opening to protrude inside the cage and an opposite side of the heat exchanger passes through the heat exchanger opening to protrude from a second surface of the circuit board opposite to the first surface.