Patent Document ID: 9472112
Application ID: 13386707
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. An educational construction modular unit comprising: a plurality of sides that form an interior volume, wherein each side of the plurality of sides includes an inner surface and an outer surface; a printed circuit board with a microcontroller that processes reprogrammable software, wherein the printed circuit board forms a gap between the inner surface of at least one side of the plurality of sides when assembled within the interior volume, wherein the printer circuit board is capable of exchanging power, ground, and data with an adjacent block, a hermaphroditic connector disposed on at least one of the plurality of sides, the hermaphroditic connector comprising an adjacent block connector and an electrical connector, wherein the hermaphroditic connector is symmetrical in at least two rotational orientations, wherein the adjacent block connector is disposed in the gap, wherein a portion of the block connector extends through the at least one side of the plurality of sides and beyond the outer surface thereof, and operably connects the modular unit with an adjacent modular unit when the adjacent block connector is operably connected to an adjacent block connector of the adjacent block; and an electrical connector mechanism disposed in the gap being in contact with the printed circuit board, wherein a protrusion of the electrical connector mechanism extends through the at least one side of the plurality of sides and beyond the outer surface thereof, and operably connects the printed circuit board with a printed circuit board of an adjacent block when the electrical connector mechanism is in contact with an electrical connector mechanism of the adjacent block.