Appeal No. 2003-2154
Application No. 09/735,895 Page 3
15. A printed circuit board arrangement, comprising:
a first printed circuit board;
a card edge connector disposed on said first printed
circuit board, said card edge connector having a housing
with a slot formed therein, and having a plurality of
conductive bands disposed within the slot, each of said
conductive bands being an electrical communication with
circuitry of said first printed ciricuit board; and
a second printed circuit board having a plurality of
conductive contact pads disposed along an edge thereof, the
edge being insertable within the slot so that the contact
pads engage with respective conductive bands so as to
electrically couple the first printed circuit board to the
second printed circuit board, wherein each contact pad
engages with a respective one conductive band at a plurality
of different contact points;
wherein said plurality of conductive bands includes a
first set of contact bands arranged on one side of the slot,
and a second set of contact bands arranged on an opposite
side of the slot, each of said contact bands of the first
set having a surface facing the contact bands of the second
set, and each of each contact bands of the second set having
a surface facing the contact bands of the first set;
wherein each of the surfaces has a plurality of
projecting members arranged in a pattern for the electrical
engagement of each respective contact pad to each respective
conductive band at the plurality of different contact points
when the edge of the second printed circuit board is fully
inserted into slot; and
wherein each said projecting member has a peak-to
valley height of about .001 millimeters to about .99
millimeters.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Blaustein 2,876,320 Mar. 03, 1959
Gammel, Sr. (Gammel) 3,262,082 Jul. 19. 1966
Devir 4,877,992 Oct. 31, 1989
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