Dual-sided connector for printed circuit board
AssigneeGE Infrastructure Technology LLC
InventorMariah Inez Hake
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Abstract
A dual-sided connector is provided. The dual-sided connector can include a first housing including a male connection port. The dual-sided connector can also include a second housing opposite the first housing. The second housing can include a female connection port. The dual-sided connector can also include a plurality of pins included in the second housing. The plurality of pins can extend through the first housing and the second housing. Each pin of the plurality of pins can include a male end terminating in the first housing and a female end terminating in the second housing. The dual-sided connector can also include a plurality of fasteners coupling the first housing and the second housing. Systems and methods of assembly are also provided.
Claims20
A dual-sided connector comprising:
- a first housing including a male connection port;
- a second housing opposite the first housing, the second housing including a female connection port;
- a plurality of pins included in the second housing and extending through the first housing and the second housing, each pin of the plurality of pins including a male end terminating in the first housing and a female end terminating in the second housing;
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- a plurality of fasteners coupling the first housing and the second housing.
A (new embodiment) dual-sided connector comprising:
- a first housing including a female connection port;
- a second housing opposite the first housing, the second housing including a male connection port;
- a first plurality of pins included in the first housing, the first plurality of pins extending through the first housing and into the second housing, each pin of the first plurality of pins including a female end terminating in the first housing and a tail end terminating in the second housing;
- a second plurality of pins included in and extending through the second housing, each pin of the second plurality of pins including a socket end and a male end, the socket end including a socket;
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- a plurality of fasteners coupling the first housing and the second housing.
A system comprising:
- a first dual-sided connector including
- a first housing including a female connection port;
- a second housing including a male connection port;
- a first plurality of pins included in the first housing, the first plurality of pins extending through the first housing and into the second housing, each pin of the first plurality of pins including a female end terminating in the first housing and a tail end terminating in the second housing;
- a second plurality of pins included in and extending through the second housing, each pin of the second plurality of pins including a socket end and a male end, the socket end including a socket;
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- a plurality of fasteners coupling the first housing and the second housing;
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- at least two printed circuit boards (PCBs);
- wherein the first dual-sided connector is coupled to a first PCB via the plurality of fasteners extending through holes in the first PCB, and the male connection port of the first dual-sided connector coupled to the first PCB is coupled to a second female connection port of a second dual-sided connector of a second PCB adjacent to the first PCB.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.