Patent ID: 8601196
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A connector assembly comprising: a first connector; a second connector; a flexible printed circuit board; a first peripheral component interconnection express (PCIe) slot comprising first and second groups of pins connected to a chipset on a motherboard for receiving signals from the chipset; a second PCIe slot comprising a third group of pins connected to the chipset for receiving signals from the chipset, and a fourth group of pins connected to the second connector; and a jumper card comprising an edge connector with a plurality of pins connected to pins of the first connector through the flexible printed circuit board, wherein when the jumper card is plugged into the first PCIe slot, the pins of the jumper card are connected to the second group of pins of the first PCIe slot for transmitting signals to the second group of pins of the first PCIe slot and to the pins of the first connector in that order, pins of the second connector are connected to the fourth group of pins of the second PCIe slot, when the first connector is connected to the second connector, signals at the second group of pins of the first PCIe slot are transmitted to the fourth group of pins of the second PCIe slot.