Patent ID: 7374426

Claim:
A card-edge board connector for electrically connecting a card-edge board to another board, comprising; a first connector having a slot into which said card-edge board is inserted, a second connector on which said another board is mounted, a hinge portion for rotationally joining said first and second connectors, a first flexible connecting board connected to each of said first and second connectors, and a second flexible connecting board connected to each of said first and second connectors, wherein each of said first and second flexible connecting boards electrically connects said card-edge board to said another board and is external to and spaced from said hinge portion, said second flexible connecting board being on a side of said first and second connectors opposite said first flexible connecting board, and wherein said slot is in a side of said first connector that is between opposite sides of said first connector to which said first and second flexible connecting boards are connected.