Patent ID: 7566227

Claim:
A riser card comprising: a card body defining a through opening therein, and having a first side and an opposite second side; and a connector secured in the through opening of the card body, the connector having a first edge connector socket facing away from the second side of the card body and a second edge connector socket facing away from the first side thereof, the first edge connector socket being located at the first side of the card body for receiving of an edge portion of one peripheral card therein, the second edge connector socket being located at the second side of the card body for receiving of an edge portion of another peripheral card therein; wherein the card body is a printed circuit board having a plurality of circuit traces formed on edges of the through opening, the connector having a plurality of contacts formed in the first and second edge connector sockets, the contacts in the first and second edge connector sockets electrically coupled to the circuit traces of the card body; and wherein each of the first and second edge connector sockets has two opposite inner surfaces facing each other, the contacts of the first and second edge connector sockets being formed on the opposite inner surfaces thereof.