Female combination connector

Details Female combination connector Female combination connector

1998-06-12

2000-02-15

Gellner, Michael L.

Electrical connectors

With insulation other than conductor sheath

Plural-contact coupling part

H01R 2500

Patent

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060246073

ABSTRACT:
A female combination connector for connecting a computer storage drive to a printed circuit board includes a plurality of female connector elements affixed to a base. The plurality of female connector elements correspond to a plurality of male connectors on the computer storage drive. The female combination connector also includes a printed circuit board connector. The printed circuit board connector includes a plurality of conductors, each of which is supported by the base, and each of which is electrically coupled to one of the plurality of female connector elements. The female connector elements may be elements such as a data connector (e.g., an IDE or SCSI data connector), a power connector, a digital audio connector, an analog audio connector, or a select connector (e.g., an IDE master/slave cable select connector or a SCSI identification select connector).

REFERENCES:
patent: 5030128 (1991-07-01), Herron et al.
patent: 5411416 (1995-05-01), Balon et al.
patent: 5807140 (1998-09-01), Hopkins
patent: 5848903 (1998-12-01), Gammenthaler
Ranoda Catalog--see Hybrid Combo Connector (this connector was available as of Sep. 26, 1995).

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