Connector panel mount system
OwnerJeffrey A. Matasek, Igor Grois +1inventors
InventorsJeffrey A. Matasek, Igor Grois, Thomas R. Marrapode
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Abstract
An adapter assembly is provided for mounting in an opening in a panel. The assembly includes a housing mountable in the opening and including a pair of housing halves. A first housing half projects from one side of the panel and has a first receptacle for receiving a connector. The first housing half is fabricated of plastic material to withstand repeated insertions of the connector into the receptacle. A second housing half projects from an opposite side of the panel and has a second receptacle for receiving a complementary connecting device for mating with the connector within the adapter assembly. The second housing half is fabricated of metal material to provide EMI protection at the opening in the panel.
Claims26
An adapter assembly for mounting in an opening in a panel, comprising:
- a housing mountable in the opening in the panel and including a pair of housing halves secured together at an interface;
- a first of the housing halves projecting from one side of the panel and having first receptacle means for receiving at least one connector, the first housing half being fabricated of plastic material to withstand repeated insertions of the connector into the receptacle means;
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- a second of the housing halves projecting from an opposite side of the panel and having second receptacle means for receiving a complementary connecting device for mating with the connector within the adapter assembly, the second housing half being fabricated of metal material to provide EMI protection at the opening in the panel.
An adapter assembly for mounting in an opening in a panel, comprising:
- a housing mountable in the opening in the panel and including a pair of housing halves secured together at an interface;
- a first of the housing halves projecting from one side of the panel and having first receptacle means for receiving at least one connector, the first housing half being unitarily molded of dielectric plastic material to withstand repeated insertions of the connector into the receptacle means;
- a second of the housing halves projecting from an opposite side of the panel and having second receptacle means for receiving a complementary connecting device for mating with the connector within the adapter assembly, the second housing half being fabricated of diecast metal material to provide EMI protection at the opening in the panel;
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- latch means between the pair of housing halves for securing the housing halves together.
An adapter assembly for mounting in an opening in a panel, comprising:
- a housing mountable in the opening in the panel and including a pair of housing halves secured together at an interface;
- a first of the housing halves projecting from one side of the panel and having first receptacle means for receiving at least one connector, the first housing half being fabricated of plastic material to withstand repeated insertions of the connector into the receptacle means;
- a second of the housing halves projecting from an opposite side of the panel and having second receptacle means for receiving a complementary connecting device for mating with the connector within the adapter assembly, the second housing half being fabricated of metal material to provide EMI protection at the opening in the panel;
- first latch means between the pair of housing halves for securing the housing halves together;
- second latch means on at least one of the housing halves for securing the adapter assembly in the opening in the panel;
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- an EMI gasket about the adapter assembly and substantially surrounding the opening in the panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.