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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1995
Thomas B McMichen, Sagamore Beach, MA (US);
Herbert J McEvoy, Jr, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A backplane (3101) includes a plurality of connectors (3150, 3250, 3350) mounted on the front (3105), each connector arranged to accept a circuit board (3160, 3260, 3360) having a set of signal receptacles (3140, 3240, 3340). Each connector includes a set of connector holes (3130, 3230, 3330) positioned such that when a circuit board is mounted in the connector the set of connector holes aligns with the set of signal receptacles. Further, the backplane includes a set of backplane holes (3120, 3220, 3320) aligned with the set of connector holes. As a result, when circuit boards are mounted in the connectors, a signal bus (3107) including a plurality of sets of conductive prongs (3110, 3210, 3310) may be affixed to the back (3103) so the prongs extend through the backplane holes and connector holes to make electrical contact with the signal receptacles in the circuit boards.