Transmitting system having a connector

• US 6,139,360 A
• Filed: 09/17/1998
• Issued: 10/31/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Limited
• Original Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Limited
• Inventors: Hayashi, Koji, Kato, Nobukazu
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, T. C.
• Application Number:
  US09/156,062
• Time in Patent Office: 775 Days
• Field of Search: 439/65, 439/67, 439/77, 439/493, 439/502, 439/505
• US Class Current: 439/502
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/716 Coupling device provided on the PCB
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/79 connecting to rigid printed circuits or like structures
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 31/005 Intermediate parts for distributing signals
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/14 Structural association of two or more printed circuits providing electric connection to or between printed circuits H05K1/11, H01R12/00
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/148 Arrangements of two or more hingeably connected rigid printed circuit boards, i.e. connected by flexible means
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 3/36 Assembling printed circuits with other printed circuits H05K7/142 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1441 with a segmented structure

Abstract

A transmitting system has first, second and third circuit boards. A peculiar connector is fixed on the second circuit board to engage to both a first connector and a second connector. The first circuit board is connected to the second circuit board with a first cable having the first connector. The second circuit board is connected to the third circuit board with a second cable having the second connector. The first circuit board and the third circuit board are connected to each other with the first cable, the peculiar connector, and the second cable.

Claims

1. A transmitting system having first, second and third circuit boards and first and second cables each having one end connected to said first and said third circuit boards, respectively, said first cable having a first connector at the other end for transmitting first and second signals, said second cable having a second connector at the other end for transmitting the second signal, said second circuit board having a circuit, said transmitting system comprising:

a third connector fixed on said second circuit board for commonly engaging with both of said first and said second connectors to transmit the first signal between said first connector and said circuit and to transmit the second signal between said first connector and said second connector without passing through said circuit.

2. A transmitting system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said third connector has a first contact which connects said first cable to said circuit to transmit the first signal between said first cable and said circuit, and has a second contact which connects said first cable to said second cable to transmit the second signal between said first cable and said second cable without passing through said circuit.

3. A transmitting system as claimed in claim 1, a fourth connector fixed on said first circuit board, a fifth connector fixed on said third circuit board, wherein the end of said first cable has a sixth connector to be engaged to said fourth connector while the end of said second cable has a seventh connector to be engaged to said fifth connector.

4. A connector for use in a transmitting system, said connector comprising:

first engagement section having first and second contacts for being engaged with first connector, said first contact extended to outside to be connected to an outer circuit, and

second engagement section having third contact which is connected to said second contact without connecting with said first contact for being engaged with second connector.

5. A connector as claimed in claim 4, wherein said second engagement section further has fourth contact which is extended to outside to be connected to said outer circuit.