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Hi-jack hinged connection adapter for input/output cards

  • US 5,637,018 A
  • Filed: 11/01/1994
  • Issued: 06/10/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/01/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A communications adapter for connecting a communication connector and an input/output (I/O) card inserted in a receptacle defined by a body of a data processing system, the I/O card having an I/O card connector at an end exposed by the receptacle when the I/O card is inserted in the receptacle of the body of the data processing system, the communications adapter comprising:

  • a first member configured to mate with the I/O card connector of the I/O card; and

    a second member, configured to mate with the communication connector, rotatably configured with the first member such that the second member may be positioned by rotating the second member relative to the first member, said second member having a substantially planar surface the second member being configured with the first member such that the substantially planar surface is aligned with a first plane when the second member is in the operational position and is aligned with a second plane different from the first plane when the second member is in the stored position.

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