Patent ID: 8272878

Claim:
A distribution board connection arrangement for telecommunications and data technology, comprising: a plurality of modules each including a housing enclosing a printed circuit board, the housing extending from a front to a rear, each module having an opening defined at the rear of the housing, the opening leading to the printed circuit board of the housing, and each module having a plurality of second plug-type connectors coupled to the respective printed circuit board at the front of the housing; a trough having a U-shaped cross section, the trough being made from metal or metalized plastic and having a base plate, two outer limbs, and two inner limbs, each of the inner limbs including a sprung lug, the base plate having openings through which a plurality of first printed circuit board plug-type connectors extend; wherein the modules are plugged onto the limbs of the trough so that each module receives one of the first printed circuit board plug-type connectors through the opening defined at the rear of the module, wherein each of the first printed circuit board plug-type connectors that is received at one of the modules is plugged onto the respective printed circuit board of the module.