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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2006
Oliver K. Ban, Austin, TX (US);
William Bornstein, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Anthony C. Spielberg, Austin, TX (US);
Oliver K. Ban, Austin, TX (US);
William Bornstein, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Anthony C. Spielberg, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for connecting electronic devices having a flexible cable bus housing containing a plurality of same or different communication and power channels extending along a length thereof and a plurality of bus ports at different locations along the bus housing length. Each bus port is capable of being operatively connected to one of the communication or power channels. The apparatus further includes a plurality of device connectors adapted to connect to a bus port at one end thereof and to a discrete device at another end thereof. Each connector at the device end has a different plug conforming to one of the communication or power channels. The apparatus preferably further includes a switch for connecting each bus port to the communication or power channel conforming to the device end plug when a device connector is connected to the bus port on the bus housing.