The Whitaker Corporation

Jim Braithwaite

Robert W Baker

Gary Langridge

Robert Scott Turnbull

Cam-in edge-card connector

A connector (2) has a first card receiving slot (16) and a second card receiving slot (32). The first card receiving slot is for connection to a circuit board with the ISA standard, and the second slot is for connection to a circuit board with the PCI standard. The terminals (24, 38) and terminal receiving cavities (28, 36) of the first and second slots are offset (P3) with respect to each other such that the cavities interleave in a central portion (60) of the housing between the slots. The latter enables provision of a small spacing D between the slots (16, 32).

Double slot edge card connector

An electrical connector assembly is comprised of a first housing portion having an upper cover portion. A lower housing portion has a corresponding cover portion. Terminals having insulation displacement slots at each end thereof are positioned in slots of the lower housing portions. The upper housing portion has a cable receiving channel at cooperating with a channel in the upper cover portion to align the conductors with apertures in the lower housing portion. The cable can be positioned in a channel of the lower cover portion and the entire assembly can be pressed together by way of the upper and lower lids.

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St. Albans, United Kingdom

Jim Braithwaite