Electronic equipment having stackable housings with a printed circuit board extending from one housing into another housing
US6155842A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 8, 1999 |
| Grant date | Dec 5, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 8, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05K7/1429
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An electronic equipment has a housing structure formed by a first housing, a supplemental housing attached on one wall surface of the first housing, a base printed circuit board being inserted in the first housing, a PC bus plug connector being mounted on the base printed circuit board, the first housing and the supplemental housing having openings aligned with the PC bus plug connector, and an additional printed circuit board, such as an adapter card, being inserted in the PC bus plug connector and extending through the apertures into the supplemental housing. This adapter card has additional plug connectors which are arranged to lie in both the first-mentioned housing and the supplemental housing to receive supplemental printed circuit boards provided in each of these housings.
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