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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1999
Paul Steven Severson, Rochester, MN (US);
Paul Jon Thomford, Zumbrota, MN (US);
Douglas Allan Kuchta, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An electrical connection assembly for use in computer systems is disclosed. In the preferred embodiment, the computer system contains a backplane circuit card assembly for distribution of electrical signals to one or more pluggable modules. The modules are plugged into the backplane of the computer system without interrupting power to the computer system. The robust power connection is over-rated for the actual current and voltage delivered to the pluggable modules; and if any damage does occur at the point of initial contact, the connector surfaces are wiped beyond the initial contact point to the site of actual electrical contact which can occur at any place on a plurality of redundant surfaces. In this fashion, the connector assembly tolerates the arcing that occurs when the module is plugged into power grid on the backplane.