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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1999
Kevin E. Walker, Hershey, PA (US);
David A. Trout, Wrightsville, PA (US);
William E. Spink, Jr., Harrisburg, PA (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector for electrical connection to a circuit board (,) and for receiving a module card (,) and an operating circuit card (,) comprises a dielectric housing (,) having adjacent card-receiving areas (,), first electrical contacts (,) mounted in the dielectric housing and having termination sections (,) for electrical connection with conductive members of the circuit board and contact sections (,) extending into one of the card-receiving areas (,) for electrical connection to conductive members of the module card (,) when inserted into the one of the card-receiving areas, and second electrical contacts (,) mounted in the dielectric housing and having contact portions (,) extending into the one of the card-receiving areas (,) for electrical connection with conductive members of the module card (,) and extending into the other of the card-receiving areas (,) for electrical connection with conductive members on the operating circuit card (,) when inserted into the other of the card-receiving areas (,).