Patent ID: 6080022
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connection scheme comprising:a first host interface providing a first voltage and having a first tab that includes a first tab segment and an adjacent second tab segment, the first tab protruding from a first side of the first host interface, the first tab identifying the first voltage;a second host interface providing the first voltage and a second voltage and having a second tab that includes the second tab segment only, the second tab protruding from a first side of the second host interface, the second tab identifying the first and second voltages;a third host interface providing the second voltage and having a third tab that includes the second tab segment and an adjacent third tab segment, the third tab protruding from a first side of the third host interface, the third tab identifying the second voltage;a first circuit card interface operable at the first voltage, the first circuit card interface having a first notch in a first side of the first circuit card interface, the first notch mateable with the first tab and the second tab;a second circuit card interface operable at the first and second voltages, the second circuit card interface having a second notch in a first side of the second circuit card interface, the second notch mateable with the first, second and third tabs; anda third circuit card interface operable at the second voltage, the third circuit card interface having a third notch in a first side of the third circuit card interface, the third notch mateable with the second tab and the third tab.