Patent ID: 6462953
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: H01R,H05K,Y10S

Abstract:
A universal serial bus system comprising:a first universal serial bus module comprising: a first stacking feature; and a second stacking feature; and a second universal serial bus module comprising: a first stacking feature; and a second stacking feature, wherein: the first stacking feature of the first universal serial bus module is configured to self-interlock with the second stacking feature of the second universal serial bus module; the second stacking feature of the first universal serial bus module is configured to self-interlock with the first stacking feature of the second universal serial bus module; the first stacking feature of the first universal serial bus module and the second stacking feature of the second universal serial bus module are configured to self-align the first and second serial bus modules together; the second stacking feature of the first universal serial bus module and the first stacking feature of the second universal serial bus module are configured to self-align the first and second serial bus modules together; the first stacking feature of the first universal serial bus module is located at a first side of the first universal serial bus module; the second stacking feature of the first universal serial bus module is located at a second side of the first universal serial bus module, the first side of the first universal serial bus module opposite the second side of the first universal serial bus module; the first stacking feature of the second universal serial bus module is located at a first side of the second universal serial bus module; the second stacking feature of the second universal serial bus module is located at a second side of the second universal serial bus module, the first side of the second universal serial bus module opposite the second side of the second universal serial bus module; the first stacking feature of the first universal serial bus module is identical to the first stacking feature of the second universal serial bus module; and the second stacking feature of the first universal serial bus module is identical to the second stacking feature of the second universal serial bus module.