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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kevin A Shelby, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Matthew S Whalen, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439717 ; 439928 ; 361735 ; 361744 ;
Abstract
A modular home information center includes a number of processing modules having substantially identical housings with each of the modules having an operating structure and a multi-bus connector within the housing of the module. Each multi-bus connector is connected to the operating structure within the housing and is engagable and disengageable to form a multi-bus network interface when engaged. The housings and the connectors are interchangeable relative to other housings and connectors, and the connectors when engaged constrain the housings to maintain a uniform parallel relation with each other.