Patent ID: 6386919
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A device comprising:a first conductive housing at least a portion of which includes a first electrically conductive surface, and having a first end and a second end; a first ribbon style connector at the first end of the first conductive housing; a first printed circuit board mounted within the first conductive housing and having mounted thereon electronic circuitry; first and second apertures formed in the first end of the first conductive housing located on each side of the first ribbon style connector; first and second guide tabs integrally formed with and extending from an end of the first printed circuit board, the first guide tab being arranged to protrude through the first aperture, the second guide tab being arranged to protrude through the second aperture, each of the first and second guide tabs having a first conductive material adhered to at least one side thereof and electrically connected to a circuit ground plane formed on the first printed circuit board, and wherein the first conductive housing has a first physical shape; a second conductive housing at least a portion of which includes a second electrically conductive surface, and having a third end and a fourth end; a second ribbon style connector at the third end of the second conductive housing; a second printed circuit board mounted within the second conductive housing and having mounted thereon electronic circuitry; third and fourth apertures formed in the third end of the second conductive housing located on each side of the second ribbon style connector; third and fourth guide tabs integrally formed with and extending from an end of the second printed circuit board, the third guide tab being arranged to protrude through the third aperture, the fourth guide tab being arranged to protrude through the fourth aperture, each of the third and fourth guide tabs having a second conductive material adhered to at least one side thereof and electrically connected to a circuit ground plane formed on the second printed circuit board, and wherein the second conductive housing has a second physical shape, and the second physical shape of the second conductive housing being substantially the same as the first physical shape of the first conductive housing; and a flexible shielded cable extends from the second end of the first conductive housing, the flexible shielded cable including a metal shield electrically connected to the first conductive housing, and the metal shield, at a remote end of the flexible shielded cable, being electrically connected to the second conductive housing, and, at the remote end of the flexible shielded cable, the flexible shielded cable extends from the fourth end of the second conductive housing.