Patent ID: 7111080

Claim:
An apparatus for distributing signals in a stackable unit, comprising: a first input connector of two or more input connectors; a second input connector of the two or more input connectors, wherein the first input connector is laterally spaced apart from the second input connector, and the first input connector has a particular spatial relationship to the second input connector; a first output connector of two or more output connectors; a second output connector of the two or more output connectors, wherein the first output connector is laterally spaced apart from the second output connector, and the first output connector has the same particular spatial relationship to the second output connector; wherein the two or more input connectors are disposed on a bottom plane of the stackable unit and the two or more output connectors are disposed on a top plane of the stackable unit, wherein the bottom plane and the top plane are vertically spaced apart; means for communicatively coupling the first input connector and the second output connector; wherein the first output connector is aligned substantially vertically with the first input connector and the second output connector is aligned substantially vertically with the second input connector, but the second output connector is not aligned substantially vertically with the first input connector: and means for terminating the first output connector.