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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:
Jun. 02, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frank Michael Wheeler-King, Berkhamsted, GB;
Sally Elizabeth Warren, Garston, GB;
Robert William Baker, Kenton, GB;
Assignee:
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K / ; H05K / ; H01R / ; H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361803 ; 361785 ; 361789 ; 361796 ; 361823 ; 361826 ; 361775 ; 439 61 ; 439709 ; 174 59 ; 174 60 ;
Abstract
An interconnection system is for interconnecting sensors, such as temperature gauges for controlling industrial processes, to a bus cable that interconnects the sensors to a central computation unit. The connection assembly comprises edge card connectors for connection to electronic modules having printed circuit boards. The plurality of modules are interconnected to the ribbon cable bus by a printed circuit board, and a connector mounted on the PCB and pluggable with a bus connector terminated to the cable.