US 6,146,153 AGranted

Adapter apparatus and method for transmitting electronic data

Assignee3Com Corporation

InventorsAmir Koradia, Philip A. Ravlin, John J. Connell

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Abstract

An adapter apparatus for transmitting electronic data includes a circuit board having a first side and a second side. At least two male connectors are positioned adjacent to the first side of the circuit board. Each of the at least two male connectors includes a plurality of transmit-receive pairs of pins. Each of the plurality of transmit-receive pairs of pins includes a pin for transmitting data and a pin for receiving data. A first pin header is positioned adjacent the second side of the circuit board. The first pin header includes a plurality of pins for receiving data. A second pin header is positioned adjacent the second side of the circuit board. The second pin header includes a plurality of pins for transmitting data. The plurality of pins for receiving data and the plurality of pins for transmitting data are operatively connected to the plurality of transmit-receive pairs of pins.

Claims18

Dependent claims

An adapter apparatus for transmitting electronic data comprising:

a circuit board including a first side and a second side, a first male connector mounted to the first side of the circuit board, the first male connector including a plurality of pins, the plurality of pins of the first male connector including a first row of pin for transmitting data and a second row of pins for receiving data, the plurality of pins of the first male connector electrically connected to the circuit board, a second male connector mounted to the first side of the circuit board, the second male connector including a plurality of pins, the plurality of pins of the second male connector including a first row of pins for transmitting data and a second row of pins for receiving data, the plurality of pins of the second male connector electrically connected to the circuit board, a first pin header mounted to the second side of the circuit board, the first pin header including a plurality of pins, the plurality of pins of the first pin header electrically connected via the circuit board to the first row of pins of the first male connector and the first row of pins of the second male connector, the plurality of pins of the first pin header including an exposed conductive tail portion extending outward from the second side of the circuit board to allow a plurality of wires to be hardwired to the exposed conductive tail portion of the plurality of pins of the first pin header, a second pin header mounted to the second side of the circuit board, the second pin header including a plurality of pins, the plurality of pins of the second pin header electrically connected via the circuit board to the second row of pins the first male connector and the second row of pins of the second male connector, the plurality of pins of the second pin header including an exposed conductive tail portion extending outward from the second side of the circuit board to allow a plurality of wires to be hardwired to the exposed conductive tail portion of the plurality of pins of the second pin header.

A method of transmitting electronic data comprising the steps of:

providing a circuit board including a first side and a second side, a first male connector mounted to the first side of the circuit board, the first male connector including a plurality of pins, the plurality of pins of the first male connector including a first row of pins for transmitting data and a second row of pins for receiving data, a second male connector mounted to the first side of the circuit board, the second male connector including a plurality of pins, the plurality of pins of the second male connector including a first row of pins for transmitting data and a second row of pins for receiving data, a first pin header mounted to the second side of the circuit board, the first pin header including a plurality of pins, the plurality of pins of the first pin header including an exposed conductive tail portion extending outward from the second side of the circuit board, a second pin header mounted to the second side of the circuit board, the second pin header including a plurality of pins, the plurality of pins of the second pin header including an exposed conductive tail portion extending outward from the second side of the circuit board;
electrically connecting the plurality of pins of the first male connector to the circuit board;
electrically connecting the plurality of pins of the second male connector to the circuit board;
electrically connecting via the circuit board the plurality of pins of the first pin header to the first row of pins of the first male connector and the first row of pins of the second male connector;
and
electrically connecting the plurality of pins of the second pin header to the second row of pins of the first male connector and the second row of pins of the second male connector.

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