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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1999
William J. Rigby, Somis, CA (US);
Scott S. Blaise, Camarillo, CA (US);
Component Equipment Company, Inc., Camarillo, CA (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector for connecting a daughter card to a back plane. The back plane has a male electrical connector which has a grouping of a plurality of parallel protruding electrical connecting pins. Mounted on these pins is a daughter card alignment module with this module having an internal cavity. One end of the internal cavity terminates in a guide post. A female electrical connector that is mounted at an edge of a daughter card is to be matingly located within the internal cavity with the edge of the daughter card to slidingly connect with slots formed within the module. The guide post is to connect with a recess formed in the daughter card.