Patent ID: 7080987

Claim:
An apparatus adapted to make an electrical connection with a first electronic unit having a first edge portion and first terminals disposed along said first edge portion, said apparatus comprising: a first supporting member; and a first connector supported by said first supporting member, said first connector having a body elongated in a longitudinal direction and second terminals disposed along said longitudinal direction, wherein: said first connector is adapted to slidably guide said first edge portion of said first electronic unit along said longitudinal direction to a first fully inserted position such that each one of said first terminals faces a respective one of said second terminals; and said first connector includes a first lock mechanism locking said first edge portion of said first electronic unit at said first fully inserted position and connecting said first terminals and said second terminals electrically, wherein: said first electronic unit further has a second edge portion substantially parallel and opposite to said first edge portion and fourth terminals disposed along said second edge portion, said apparatus further includes a second supporting member and a second connector; said second connector has a body elongated in a longitudinal direction and third terminals disposed along said longitudinal direction of said second connector, said second connector is supported by said second supporting member and arranged substantially parallel and opposite to said first connector, and said second connector is adapted to slidably guide said second edge portion of said first electronic unit along said longitudinal direction of said second connector to said first fully inserted position such that each one of said third terminals faces a respective one of said fourth terminals.