Patent · US Expired

Method of selectable connecting different date access device to the same circuit board and related connector module

US6050831A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 26, 1998
Grant dateApr 18, 2000
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Expiry dateJun 26, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R31/06
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of interconnecting a data access device to a main board for notebook computers without requiring a flexible printed circuit assembly and a connector module. The method involves interconnecting a simple circuit board between a connector interfacing the data access device and a connector interfacing the main board. The circuit board serves to convert the number of contacts of one of the two connectors to be in electrical and mechanical conformity with the number of pins of the other connector. The connector module employs the circuit board which is adapted to be directly interconnected between the first and second connectors.

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