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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1995
Raymond A Freer, Houston, TX (US);
Michael L Marshall, Houston, TX (US);
Ronald D Noblett, Bellaire, TX (US);
Joseph R Allen, Tomball, TX (US);
Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A expansion board including a main board, a common board and a system connector. The main board including a cutout and a board connector for receiving the common board. The common board having a data connector at one end and a board connector at the other end. The board connector being mounted perpendicular to the system connector to connectably mate to the common board whether components are mounted on either side of the main board. The main board includes circuitry for one of several expansion buses, the common board contains circuitry independent to any specific expansion bus.