Patent ID: 7172465

Claim:
An edge connector, comprising: a substrate including a plurality of conductive layers electrically insulated from each other and further, including a first major exterior surface, a second major exterior surface, and a minor exterior surface substantially orthogonal to at least one of the first and second major exterior surfaces; at least one of an at least one first conductive contact affixed to the first major exterior surface and conductively coupled adjacent to one of the plurality of conductive layers and an at least one second conductive contact affixed to the second major exterior surface and conductively coupled adjacent to another one of the plurality of conductive layers; and at least one third conductive contact conductively coupled at least partially adjacent to at least a portion of a first internal conductive layer of the substrate, the at least one third conductive contact configured off-plane from the minor exterior surface, wherein at least a portion of the substrate extends outward from the minor exterior surface and the at least one third conductive contact is affixed thereon.