Method and system for identifying an industrial personal computer in a rack
OwnerJohn R. Bodensteiner, Craig J. Jenseninventors
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A system and method for identifying a match between an industrial PC to a slot in a rack which uses a blind mating keying and locking plates, so that when the mechanical keying plate and locking plate do match, then full insertion of the PC into the slot is permitted. When a mis-match occurs, then full insertion is prohibited.
Claims9
An industrial PC system comprising:
- a rack having a plurality of slots therein for receiving industrial PCs;
- a first one of said plurality of slots having a slot identification device disposed therein;
- a first PC, which has predetermined characteristics suitable for use in said first one of said plurality of slots, said first PC having a PC identification device coupled thereto;
- said slot identification device and said PC identification device cooperate to selectively prohibit full insertion of a PC into said first one of said plurality of slots when predetermined characteristics of said first one and said first PC do not match.
A system wherein said first PC includes a blind mating connector disposed at a rear end of the first PC for mating with a blind mating connector disposed at a distal end of an entrance opening of said first one.
A system of controlling insertion of PCs into an industrial PC rack comprising:
- means for identifying a particular PC;
- means for identifying a particular slot in a rack of PCs;
- and,
- means for controlling insertion of a particular PC into a particular slot based upon an interaction between said means for identifying a particular PC and said
- means for identifying a particular slot in a rack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.