Patent ID: 6435904
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A multiple peripheral connection device for connecting multiple peripheral devices to a host device via a series of flexible electrical connectors, said device comprising:a housing; an upstream port adapted to be electrically connected to a flexible electrical connector that electrically connects to the host device so as to electrically couple said upstream port to the host device; a plurality of downstream ports each adapted to be electrically connected to a flexible electrical connector that electrically connects to a peripheral device so as to electrically couple said downstream ports to the multiple peripheral devices; a hub electrically coupling said upstream port to said downstream ports, said hub enabling data signals to be transferred between the host device and the multiple peripheral devices via said upstream port and said downstream ports; and a multiplicity of port orienting structures having said downstream ports provided thereon, said port orienting structures being individually movable relative to said housing and one another so as to enable relative orientations of said downstream ports provided thereon to be adjusted to facilitate establishing the electrical coupling between said downstream ports and the multiple peripheral devices via the flexible electrical connectors.