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Electrical adapter

US6176743A · kind A · utility

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4References
11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 14, 1999
Grant dateJan 23, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 14, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R31/06
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An adapter of the present invention comprises two different types of connectors and an adapting device. The adapting device comprises a plurality of conducting pins and two printed circuit boards (PCBs). The two PCBs comprise a plurality of aligned through holes. The conducting pins are inserted through and retained in the aligned through holes of the two PCBs to connect the two PCBs. The two PCBs are contacted by three rows of terminals of the first type electrical connector on three of surfaces thereof near one end thereof. One of the two PCBs is straddled by two rows of terminals of the second type electrical connector on opposite surfaces of the other end thereof.

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