Patent ID: 6537109
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: H01R,H05K,Y10S

Abstract:
A termination system for an automated tooling arrangement comprising:at least one chainable termination puck, each chainable termination puck including a plurality of termination connectors, each termination connector having a tool power line, a tool ground line, and a local signal line, a first chaining connector having a plurality of remote signal lines, at least one power line, and at least one ground line in a first arrangement, the at least one power line connected to each tool power line and the at least one ground line connected to each tool ground line, and a second chaining connector electrically connected to the at least one power line, the at least one ground line, and the pluralities of remote signal lines and local signal lines in a second arrangement in which the remote signal lines are shifted in position on the second chaining connector relative to the first chaining connector by the number of local signal lines, and replaced in position by the local signal lines, and in which the at least one power line and the at least one ground line are located in the same position on the second chaining connector as on the first chaining connector.