Patent ID: 6086427
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A modular bus interconnect, suitable for ganging together with similar bus interconnects, comprising:a housing with an elongated slot suitable for receiving an edge connector of a printed circuit board,one or more electrically conductive contacts constructed within said housing, said contacts having a first portion exposed in said elongated slot that contacts the inserted edge of the printed circuit board,said conductive contacts having at least a second and a third portion, each of which are exposed on the outer surface of said housing, wherein said second and third portions are arranged for making electrical connections to corresponding third and second portions, respectively, of conductive contacts of adjacent modular bus interconnects, andall other portions of said conductive contacts fixed to said housing, said fixed portions arranged between the first, second and third portions such that making and breaking electrical connections to said first, second and third portions are mechanically isolated and independent from each other.