Patent ID: 6336814
Filing Date: 2002-01-08
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A shelf for housing printed circuit boards comprising:an open front; a pair of sides extending from a rear to the open front of the shelf, the sides being spaced apart at opposite ends of a shelf space; a backplane extending across the rear of the shelf; a plurality of side-by-side receiving stations located in the shelf space for printed circuit boards to be received through the open front for connection to the backplane; at least one connector module releasably electrically connected to the backplane and extending vertically from and substantially parallel to the backplane; the connector module having a plurality of connectors which extend in a front to rear direction of the shelf; wherein the backplane is significantly wider than the connector module such that a plurality of connector modules can be connected to the backplane along the width of the backplane.