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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2002
Timothy B. Billman, Dover, PA (US);
Eric D. Juntwait, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Abstract
An electrical connector ( ) mounted on a daughter backplane circuit board is used to mate with a complementary connector ( ) mounted on the primary backplane circuit board. The connector ( ) includes a top housing ( ) and a bottom housing ( ) and inner circuit boards ( ) installed therebetween. Rows of paired signal contacts ( ) and grounding plates ( ) are arranged in an alternating sequence within the bottom housing ( ) to engage with the inner circuit boards ( ). Two projections ( ) extend out of edges of every inner circuit board ( ) so that the inner circuit board ( ) can be positioned after the projections ( ) are inserted into corresponding holes ( ) formed respectively in the top and bottom housing ( ) when the connector ( ) is assembled.