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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1998
John Daly, Chicago, IL (US);
Jaime Duran, Chicago, IL (US);
Methode Electronics, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An ultra-low-profile terminator apparatus for a parallel communications bus is provided. The terminator apparatus includes a male style electrical connector which includes a plurality of individual contact pins. An elongated printed circuit board having a first surface and a second surface is mounted perpendicular to the male connector. Conductive vias formed in the printed circuit board communicate between the first and second surfaces of the printed circuit board, and the contact pins of the male connector are press fit into the vias at the second surface of the printed circuit. Electronic termination components are mounted on the first surface of the printed circuit board, and the conductive vias form conductive paths between the termination components and individual contact pins in the male pin connector. The termination components are arranged on the first surface of the printed circuit board such that at least one of the termination component straddles the printed circuit board such that a first terminal is bonded to the printed circuit board at a first longitudinal side, and a second terminal is bonded to the printed circuit board at a second longitudinal side.