Patent ID: 8137127

Claim:
An electronic device comprising: a housing containing at least: an A/C input or DC power input; at least one circuit substrate comprising electronic circuitry operatively coupled to receive power based on the A/C input or DC power input; a divided multi-connector element differential bus connector, operatively coupled to the electronic circuitry, comprised of: a single elongated housing extending in a longitudinal direction and; a divided electrical contact configuration comprised of: a first group of electrical contacts divided from an adjacent second group of contacts, the first group and the second group of contacts being positioned in the longitudinal direction of the single elongated housing, the first group of electrical contacts comprising a row of lower contacts and a row of upper contacts; the second group of electrical contacts having an identical corresponding row of lower contacts and upper contacts as the first group of contacts; and wherein the housing further comprises air passages in sides thereof to provide air flow through the housing and further houses a passive or an active cooling mechanism positioned to cool the electronic circuitry during normal operation.