Patent ID: 6345988
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: H01R,H05K,Y10S

Abstract:
An apparatus comprising:a first expansion card including an upper surface, a lower surface, a front end and a rear end, the first expansion card including a longitudinal length extending between the front end and the rear end of the card, the first expansion card being sized and configured to be independently slidable along a longitudinal axis into a socket of two or more adjacent sockets in a host device; a plurality of contact areas disposed on a lower surface of the first expansion card; a second expansion card including an upper surface, a lower surface, a front end and a rear end, the second expansion card including a longitudinal length extending between the front end and the rear end of the card, the second expansion card being sized and configured to be independently slidable along a longitudinal axis into an adjacent socket in the host device; and a plurality of conducting portions disposed on an upper surface of the second expansion card, the contact areas and the conducting portions being sized and configured to allow the first expansion card and the second expansion card to be slidably connected generally along the longitudinal axis to allow direct electrical communication to be established between the first expansion card and the second expansion card.