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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1996
Lee-Ming Cheng, Cupertino, CA (US);
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Abstract
An interconnection system includes a hard disc drive (24) having a standard header connector (101, 30) that can be electrically connected to one type of computer housing connector (102) by use of a flat cable (104) or, alternatively, can be attached to an adapter (26) to enable the hard disc drive to be slidably inserted into a cavity (14) of a more advanced type of computer to be electrically connected to another type of computer housing connector (16), i.e., a card edge connector. The adapter (26) includes a housing (52) defining a number of passageways (58) receiving a receiving portion of a number of contacts (60) which are connected with contacts of the header connector (30) in which a portion of the housing (52) is exposed to an exterior with regard to the header connector, and a blade (54) receiving a tail portion (68) of the contacts (60) for connection with contacts of the connector (16). When the hard disc drive (24) is slidably inserted into the cavity (14) to be electrically connected to the connector (16), the hard disc drive (24) will be stopped by standoffs (15) at a position in which the distance between the card edge connector (16) and the header connector (30) is substantially the same as the exposed portion of the housing (52) of the adapter (26).