| US 7,553,198 B1 | ||
| Re-configurable electrical connectors | ||
| Thomas Leddy, Eastport, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Advanced Testing Technologies, Inc., Hauppauge, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 11, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/870,545. | ||
| Application 11/870545 is a continuation in part of application No. 11/453660, filed on Jun. 15, 2006, granted, now 7,297,031. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/741284, filed on Dec. 01, 2005. | ||
| Int. Cl. H01R 13/502 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 439—701 | 25 Claims |
| 1. An electrical connector for removable attachment to a plurality of different electrical connectors, comprising:
first and second endcaps;
first and second elongate rails, each of said first and second rails being removably attached at one end to one of said first
or second endcap;
a plurality of connector modules arranged between said first and second endcaps, said connector modules being separable from
one another and each including at least one male or female connecting member adapted to electrically connect at a first end
to a first electrical component or part thereof and at a second, opposite end to a second electrical component or part thereof,
each of said connecting members including a single projection at the first end for removably engaging with the first electrical
component or part thereof and a single projection or a single receptacle at the second end for removably engaging with the
second electrical component or part thereof; and
positioning means for movably engaging said connector modules with said first and second rails.
|