Abstract: A connector interface is provided with a body portion extending between two mating ends and is suitable for providing an interface between a cable and an electronic device. The connector includes a printed circuit board as its terminal and the circuit board extends through the body portion and has first and second mating edges that extend past the body portion of the housing at the mating ends. These mating edges permit the use of edge card technology to simplify the connector assembly and cost. One of the mating edges is enclosed by an extension portion of the connector housing such that the extension defines a receptacle that accommodates an opposing connector, such as a plug end of a cable assembly.

Abstract: A low profile riser card assembly for a computer system is provided by incorporating two uniaxial back to back peripheral connectors. The peripheral card connectors extend outwardly along a single axis from opposing sides of a riser card. The riser card is attached to a riser card connector mounted on the circuit board and is held in a perpendicular to the axis and in an upright position with respect to the circuit board. In the assembly of the present single invention, the uniaxial back to back peripheral card connectors are retained on the riser card in a parallel orientation with respect to the riser card connector to produce a low profile computer assembly.

Abstract: A metal adapter frame assembly mounts a first electrical connector in an aperture in a panel for mating with a second electrical connector. A metal body defines a first receptacle for receiving the first connector and a second receptacle for receiving the second connector, with the connectors mateable through the body. A metal shield is mounted over a substantial portion of the metal body. A metal gasket is mounted on the body for engaging the panel at the aperture and substantially surrounds the first receptacle. A metal shutter member is movably mounted on the body to close the first receptacle and is movable to an open position upon engagement by the first connector.

Abstract: A low-profile computer assembly having a universal footprint on a riser card for mounting peripheral card connectors on the riser card is provided. The peripheral card connectors can be of the edge-card type and can be mounted in pairs, back-to-back, with each connector of the pair extending uniaxially and perpendicularly from opposing sides of a riser card. The two opposing universal footprints on which such a pair of peripheral card connectors are mounted can support a first peripheral card connector having a first bus form factor for a first peripheral bus conforming to a first bus protocol specification and a second, paired peripheral card connector having a second, different bus form factor for a second peripheral bus conforming to a second, different bus protocol specification.