Stacking computer connector

Details Stacking computer connector Stacking computer connector

2000-03-23

2001-01-30

Stephan, Steven L. (Department: 2839)

Electrical connectors

With supporting means for coupling part

Supporting plural, independent coupling parts

C439S717000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06179653

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a stacking computer connector, and more particularly, to a stacking computer connector including a connection board, a bottom connector and a top connector, wherein the top and bottom connector are integrally mounted into the connection board for saving the available area for circuit of adapter cards on the motherboard.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The main components of computer include motherboard and various kinds of adapter cards such as video graphic adapter card, sound blaster card, floppy disk controllers, and COM controllers which have been the standard equipment now. Before, when purchasing the computer, users needed to choose adapter cards at the same time thus caused some inconvenience and the cost also increased. For cost-down, above-mentioned adapter cards are mounted on the motherboard by manufactures nowadays.
Due to the disposition of adapter cards on the motherboard, connectors of adapter cards also need to be mounted on the motherboard so that the available area for disposing the circuit of adapter cards is reduced and the arrangement of the circuit of adapter cards is getting difficult.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is a primary object of the present invention to solve the aforesaid problem by providing a stacking computer connector in which the top and bottom connector are connected to each other more integrated and more compact in order to save the available area for arranging the circuit of adapter cards on the motherboard.
According to the above object, the stacking computer connector of the present invention includes a connection board, a bottom connector and a top connector. The connection board has a plurality of sets of through holes. The bottom connector is mounted on the connection board, and several protruding pins at the bottom surface of the bottom connector is locked in one set of the through holes, and the bottom connector has a dovetail-shaped seat on the top thereof. The top connector is piled upon the bottom connector, and the protruding pins are locked in another set of the through holes, and the top connector includes an accommodation space at the front bottom end thereof which has a dovetail-shaped groove on the top thereof. In accordance with the foregoing structure, the above-mentioned bottom connector is fitted in the accommodation space of the top connector. Therefore, the dovetail-shaped seat on the top of the bottom connector can be locked in the dovetail-shaped groove of the top connector. Accordingly, the bottom connector and the top connector can be connected with each other integrally in order to facilitate the assembly thereof on a motherboard and to reduce the occupied area of the motherboard.
The present invention can be best understood through the following description and accompanying drawings, wherein:


REFERENCES:
patent: 5709554 (1998-01-01), Savage, Jr.
patent: 6080011 (2000-06-01), Tsao et al.

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