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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2006
Mauricio Chacon, Lakewood, CA (US);
Jack Priebe, Palmyra, NY (US);
Barry Sween, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Yoko Iida, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Dale Tadashi Honda, Torrance, CA (US);
Mauricio Chacon, Lakewood, CA (US);
Jack Priebe, Palmyra, NY (US);
Barry Sween, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Yoko Iida, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Dale Tadashi Honda, Torrance, CA (US);
Belkin International, Inc., Compton, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer management apparatus is provided for interconnecting a user console including peripheral devices such as a keyboard, a video display unit, a mouse, and speakers for connecting to a plurality of host computers, selectively accessed via the user console ('KVMA cartridge'). The host computers interface with the KVMA cartridge via a removable edge connector with a first set of cables that attach to the plurality of host computers. The KVMA cartridge connects to the edge connector via a leading edge of a circuit board having a plurality of traces on the leading edge with electrical leads connected to a switching circuit within the KVMA cartridge. In one embodiment, the user may increase the length of the first set of cables by inserting an extension cartridge with a second set of cables between the KVMA cartridge and the edge connector with the first set of cables.