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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2010
Ronald R. Denny, Brooklyn Center, MN (US);
Bobby Jim Kowalski, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
James T. Seward, Edina, MN (US);
Michael P. Ebsen, Bloomington, MN (US);
Thomas Rosenthal, St. Paul, MN (US);
William J. Leinberger, Woodbury, MN (US);
Jeffery Stagg Young, St. Paul, MN (US);
Andrew D. Josephson, Plymouth, MN (US);
Ronald R. Denny, Brooklyn Center, MN (US);
Bobby Jim Kowalski, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
James T. Seward, Edina, MN (US);
Michael P. Ebsen, Bloomington, MN (US);
Thomas Rosenthal, St. Paul, MN (US);
William J. Leinberger, Woodbury, MN (US);
Jeffery Stagg Young, St. Paul, MN (US);
Andrew D. Josephson, Plymouth, MN (US);
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Inc., Fairfax, VA (US);
Abstract
A connector system is provided. The system includes a substantially circular interconnecting hub, and a plurality of circuit board bays configured substantially radially around the substantially circular interconnecting hub. Each circuit board bay has a plurality of aligned connectors configured to receive a circuit board. The interconnecting circuit hub has, for each individual circuit board bay, a direct data pathway connecting the individual circuit board bay to all remaining circuit board bays of the plurality of circuit board bays. Each of the plurality of circuit board bays can directly communicate through the interconnecting hub with each of the remaining circuit boards bays.