Patent ID: 6635821
Filing Date: 2003-10-21
Classification: H04N,H05K

Abstract:
A module for containing a circuit, the module comprising:a housing having a front, the front having a longitudinal axis; a receptacle accessible from the front of the housing, the receptacle being shaped to receive a circuit component, the receptacle having its own longitudinal axis wherein the longitudinal axis of the receptacle is at an angle less than Â±90 degrees with reference to the longitudinal axis of the front of the housing, and the circuit component being a removable plug; a circuit board located in the interior of the housing, wherein the circuit board has a first conductive pathway on a first surface of the circuit board and a second conductive pathway on a second surface of the circuit board opposite the first surface; and a plug connector mounted on the circuit board for receiving the plug, wherein the plug has a first terminal and a second terminal extending from a back portion of the plug so that the first and second terminals are exposed in the back portion, and wherein the plug fits in the receptacle and is received in the plug connector and the first terminal is electrically coupled to the first conductive pathway on the first surface of the circuit board and the second terminal is electrically coupled to the second conductive pathway on the second surface of the circuit board.