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A connector assembly is configured to be mounted to a substrate that has an opening extending between a mounting side and an opposite side. The connector assembly includes a housing and one or more contacts. The housing has a front end and a back end, with an interior chamber extending inward from a

A connector assembly is configured to be mounted to a substrate that has an opening extending between a mounting side and an opposite side. The connector assembly includes a housing and one or more contacts. The housing has a front end and a back end, with an interior chamber extending inward from a mating interface. The front end of the housing is configured to be partially inserted through the opening in the substrate until a housing mounting surface engages the mounting side of the substrate. The contact extends between a mating end and a contact mounting surface. The contact mounting surface is configured to be mounted to the mounting side of the substrate. The housing and contact mounting surfaces are substantially coplanar in a mourning plane, and a distance between the mating interface and the mounting plane is at least as great as a thickness of the substrate.

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What is claimed is: 1. A connector assembly for mounting to a substrate having an opening extending between a mounting side and an opposite side, the connector assembly comprising: a housing having a front end, an opposite back end, and a side extending from the front end to the back end, the housi

What is claimed is: 1. A connector assembly for mounting to a substrate having an opening extending between a mounting side and an opposite side, the connector assembly comprising: a housing having a front end, an opposite back end, and a side extending from the front end to the back end, the housing having an interior chamber extending inward from the front end, the housing comprising a contact opening extending through the back end to the interior chamber and a contact slot extending from the contact opening to the side of the housing along the back end; and a contact extending between a mating end disposed in the interior chamber and a contact mounting surface disposed outside of the housing, the contact loaded into the contact opening and extending through the contact slot in the back end of the housing to the side of the housing and to the contact mounting surface, wherein the contact mounting surface is mounted to the mounting side of the substrate such that the front end of the housing protrudes through the opening in the substrate. 2. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the front end is disposed at an angle with respect to the mounting surface of the substrate. 3. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the housing includes a tab slot inwardly extending into the housing, further comprising a tab inserted into the tab slot and extending from the tab slot toward the front end of the housing to a mounting surface that is mounted to the mounting side of the substrate. 4. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the contact is at least partially disposed within the contact slot of the housing and is flush with the back end of the housing. 5. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the side of the housing includes an internal ledge, further wherein the contact includes a retention barb that secures the contact to the internal ledge of the housing. 6. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the front end of the housing is recessed within the opening in the substrate between the sides of the substrate when the housing is mounted to the substrate. 7. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the housing includes a protrusion outwardly extending from the side of the housing and from the back end partially toward the front end, the protrusion including a tab slot, further comprising a tab received in the tab slot and extending from the tab slot to a mounting surface that is secured to the mounting side of the substrate. 8. The connector assembly of claim 7, wherein the tab includes a bend disposed between the protrusion of the housing and the mounting surface. 9. A connector assembly for mounting to a substrate having an opening extending between a mounting side and an opposite side, the connector assembly comprising: a housing extending between front and back ends with an interior chamber extending from the front end toward the back end, the housing including a side that extends from the front end to the back end and a protrusion outwardly extending from the side, the protrusion having an inwardly extending tab slot, the housing configured to be loaded into the opening such that the front end of the housing protrudes past the opposite side of the substrate and the back end of the housing extends from the mounting side of the substrate; a tab received in the tab slot of the protrusion and coupled to the housing, the tab extending from the tab slot toward the front end of the housing to a housing mounting surface; and a contact extending between a mating end and a contact mounting surface, the mating end disposed in the interior chamber of the housing, the contact extending from the back end of the housing to the contact mounting surface, the housing and contact mounting surfaces configured to be mounted to the mounting side of the substrate. 10. The connector assembly of claim 9, wherein the front end of the housing is disposed at an angle with respect to the mounting side of the substrate. 11. The connector assembly of claim 9, wherein the back end of the housing includes a contact opening extending through the back end to the interior chamber and a contact slot extending from the contact opening to the side of the housing, further wherein the contact extends from the interior chamber, through the contact opening, and along the back end within the contact slot to the contact mounting surface disposed outside of the housing. 12. The connector assembly of claim 9, wherein the tab is received into the tab slot in a direction that is oriented perpendicular to the housing mounting surface and toward the back end of the housing, the tab including a bend between the protrusion and the housing mounting surface that orients the housing mounting surface approximately parallel to the mounting side of the substrate. 13. A connector assembly for mounting to a substrate having an opening extending between a mounting side and an opposite side, the connector assembly comprising: a housing extending between a front end and an opposite back end and including an interior chamber extending inward from the front end, the interior chamber configured to mate with a mating connector, the housing comprising protrusions extending from opposite sides of the housing; mounting tabs held in the protrusions of the housing and downwardly extending from the protrusions toward the front end of the housing, the mounting tabs including mounting surfaces; a contact extending between a mating end disposed within the interior chamber of the housing to a contact mounting surface disposed outside of the housing, the mating end configured to engage a contact of the mating connector, wherein the mounting surfaces of the tabs and the contact mounting surface are coupled to the mounting side of the substrate with the front end of the housing extending through the opening in the substrate and protruding from the opposite side of the substrate. 14. The connector assembly of claim 13, wherein the protrusions comprise tab slots, and the mounting tabs are received in the tab slots in directions oriented perpendicular to the mounting surfaces of the tabs. 15. The connector assembly of claim 13, wherein the mounting tabs comprise a bend disposed between the protrusions and the mounting surfaces. 16. The connector assembly of claim 13, wherein the housing includes a side that intersects the front end and the back end and a contact slot disposed in the back end and extending to the side of the housing, further wherein the contact extends through the contact slot to the side of the housing and along the side of the housing to the contact mounting surface. 17. The connector assembly of claim 13, wherein the housing includes a contact slot disposed in the back end of the housing, and the contact is at least partially disposed within the contact slot and flush with the back end of the housing. 18. The connector assembly of claim 13, wherein the housing includes an external side that intersects the front end and the back end, the side including an internal ledge, further wherein the contact includes a retention barb that secures the contact to the internal ledge of the housing. 19. The connector assembly of claim 13, wherein the front end of the housing is recessed within the opening in the substrate between the sides of the substrate when the housing is mounted to the substrate. 20. The connector assembly of claim 13, wherein the front end of the housing is oriented at an angle with respect to the opposite side of the substrate.