Multiple connector arrangement for printed circuit board interconnection

摘要

A connector arrangement for connecting together a plurality of circuit boards includes a plurality of side insertion connectors of a first mating type are mounted parallel to one another on parallel finger portions extending from body portions of one or more first circuit boards. A plurality of side insertion type connectors of a second mating type are mounted on a plurality of second circuit boards. The side insertion type connectors of the second type are mounted at positions and orientations on the second circuit boards chosen such that they are engageable with the mating connectors of the first type mounted on the first circuit boards. When connected by the mating connectors, the first and second circuit boards will be disposed at right angles to one another. The parallel extended fingers of the first circuit board are spaced apart from one another by a distance which is at least sufficient to accommodate the height of the second circuit boards including whatever components are mounted thereon plus the insertion travel distance of the mating connectors.