Patent ID: 7044777

Claim:
A multi-port receptacle comprising: a monolithic housing defining at least two ports, each port including: first end defining an opening for receiving a module; a second end defining a wall; and a passageway formed between the first end and the second end; the housing further comprising a divider wall dividing each port; a base having a planar major surface including at least a pair of end segments adjacent to the first end of the housing, the planar major surface forming a single plane extending between at least two ports and the ports being divided by the divider wall of the housing and the base having integral ejection spring supports formed adjacent to the second end of the housing; and an electrical connector mountable within the second end, the electrical connector disposed within a cut-out portion of the base so that upon mounting of the multi-port receptacle to a motherboard the electrical connector is substantially colinear with the passageway.