Connector support system
AssigneeRockwell Automation Asia Pacific Business Center Pte. Ltd.
InventorSoon Seng Kang
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Abstract
A connector support system for an automation system device is provided. The connector support system includes a device housing configured to hold a printed circuit board with a connector coupled to the printed circuit board. The connector support system also includes one or more support members coupled to a surface of the housing, wherein the one or more support members are configured to support the connector relative to the housing and configured to resist an overturning moment tending to remove the connector from the printed circuit board.
Claims26
A connector support system for an automation system device, comprising:
- a device housing configured to hold a printed circuit board with a connector coupled to the printed circuit board;
- and
- one or more support members coupled to a surface of the housing, wherein the one or more support members are configured to support the connector relative to the housing and configured to resist an overturning force tending to remove the connector from the printed circuit board.
An electronic device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a printed circuit board disposed within the housing;
- a connector coupled to the printed circuit board;
- and
- a support member disposed within the housing, wherein the support member comprises a beam extending along a length of the housing substantially parallel to the printed circuit board, and wherein an engagement feature of the beam engages the connector such that movement of the support member is resisted by the connector.
A method of operation comprising:
- abutting an engagement surface of a connector extending from a circuit board with corresponding engagement surfaces of first and second support members disposed within a housing;
- resisting movement of the connector towards a base of the housing at a first end of the connector through a substantially perpendicular extension from one of the two support members;
- and
- constraining lateral movement of the second support member through engaging a receptacle formed on a second end of the connector with a pin of the second support member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.