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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 29, 1996
William John Schnoor, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Bret Allen Matz, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Nathan Ross Fritts, Wake Forest, NC (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An expansion module for connecting additional communication ports (64) to a hub (10) of a communications network, an enclosure containing additional communication ports (64) on a motherboard (43), a hub receiving portion on an exterior of the enclosure, the hub receiving portion being adapted for mounting to a hub (10) of a communications network, a hub receiving opening (37) in the enclosure, a mating interconnection board (121) connected to the motherboard (43) and facing the hub receiving opening (37), the mating interconnection board (121) being adapted for electrical connection with a card edge connector (45) on the hub (10).