Patent ID: 6257936
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
An apparatus comprising:a number of first devices and a number of second devices for transferring electric signals, each of said first and second devices comprising:a first unit including a first bus, and a device interconnect means for electrically and mechanically connecting said first bus to said first bus in two other of said first and second devices;a second unit including a number of terminals for external connection to an electrical arrangement, for signal exchange therewith; anda number of signal adapting modules each mechanically connected to only one of said first and second devices and electrically interconnecting said first bus and said terminals,wherein:each of said second devices has a greater number of said terminals than each of said first devices, andsaid first and second devices have respective longitudinal axes intersecting substantially perpendicularly when said first and second devices are mechanically connected together.