Claims
- 1. An interconnection system used in a computer, comprising:
- a mother board adapted to be fixed in the computer;
- a card edge connector mounted on the mother board;
- a chassis defining a receiving cavity and having an inner end proximate to the card edge connector and an outer end proximate to a shell of the computer;
- a hard disc drive having a case received in the receiving cavity of the chassis, slidably connected to the chassis at a stopped position and enclosing a PC board therein;
- a header connector mounted on the PC board;
- an adapter having a housing detachably connected to the header connector and defining a number of contact passageways, a blade detachably connected to the card edge connector, and a number of contacts electrically connecting the header connector and the card edge connector, each of the contacts including a receiving portion received in a corresponding passageway and in connection with a corresponding contact of the header connector and a tail portion seated on the blade and in connection with a corresponding contact of the card edge connector;
- wherein a portion of the blade is exposed to an exterior with regard to the card edge connector, and a portion of the housing of the adapter is exposed to an exterior with regard to the header connector, the exposed portion of the housing of the adapter having a length which is substantially the same as a distance between the card edge connector and the header connector.
- 2. The interconnection system as defined in claim 1, wherein said chassis includes a pair of side walls defining said receiving cavity and the card edge connector of the mother board is positioned proximate to inner ends of said side walls.
- 3. The interconnection system as defined in claim 1, wherein a plurality of standoffs are provided on a face of the card edge connector facing the adapter and wherein said standoffs project from the face of the card edge connector at a height which is the same as a length of the exposed portion of the blade of the adapter.
- 4. The interconnection system as defined in claim 3, wherein each of said standoffs includes a tapered surface for a lead-in purpose.
- 5. An interconnection system for connecting a hard disk drive to a mother board of a computer, comprising:
- a chassis mounted in the computer and having a pair of side walls defining a receiving cavity therebetween and having inner ends in the computer and outer ends proximate to a shell of the computer;
- a card edge connector directly mounted on an edge portion of the mother board in the computer and substantially positioned proximate to the inner ends of said side walls;
- means for slidably engaging the hard disk drive with the chassis;
- a PC board received in the hard disk drive;
- a header connector mounted to an edge portion of the PC board; and
- an adapter including a housing adapted to be detachably connected with the header connector and defining a plurality of passageways therethrough receiving a plurality of corresponding contacts therein;
- a blade integrally formed with the housing and adapted to be detachably connected with the card edge connector;
- each of said contacts including a receiving section received within a corresponding passageway of the housing for engagement with a corresponding contact of the header connector, and a tail section seated on the blade for engagement with a corresponding contact of the card edge connector; whereby said hard disk drive can be slidably moved along the receiving cavity and into an interior of the chassis and stopped at a final fixed position under a condition that a distance between said card edge connector and said header connector is substantially equal to a front-to-end dimension of an exposed portion of the housing of the adapter outside the header connector.
- 6. The interconnection system as defined in claim 5, wherein a plurality of standoffs are formed on a front surface of the card edge connector facing the outer ends of the side walls of the chassis for engagement with the housing of the adapter.
- 7. The interconnection system as defined in claim 6, wherein each of said standoffs includes a tapered surface for guiding the blade of the adapter into the card edge connector.
- 8. An arrangement of horizontally interconnecting an adapter to a card edge connector wherein said adapter includes a housing, on a front portion, with passageways therein for reception of pins of a header connector, and a blade, on a rear portion, extending rearward integrally with the housing, said card edge connector defining a channel having a depth which is substantially smaller than a front-to-end dimension of the blade, thus having a portion of the blade exposed to an exterior when the blade of the adapter is inserted into the channel of the card edge connector, a plurality of standoffs formed on a front surface of the card edge connector and extending to engage a rear surface of the housing of the adapter on two sides of the exposed portion of the blade, wherein said standoffs further include tapered surfaces for lead-in consideration of insertion of the blade of the adapter into the channel of the card edge connector.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/243,146, filed May 17, 1994, U.S. Pat. No. 5,549,480.
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