Mounting system for component and connector assembly therefore
AssigneePace Incorporated
InventorGary Burns
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Abstract
The invention relates to apparatus for the location and connection of at least one electrical or electronic component such as a data storage component externally of a housing within which other components are provided and with which the said components operates in connection therewith. The connection is achieved via a connector assembly which has a first part located externally of the housing and a second part located internally of the housing.
Claims19
Electrical and/or electronic apparatus provided to receive and process digital data, said apparatus comprising:
- a housing defining an interior cavity in which at least one printed circuit board and a plurality of components connected thereto is located and wherein there is provided at least one further component, in communication with the said printed circuit board and/or said plurality of components, said at least one further component located externally of the housing and connected, via a connector assembly which is located internally and externally of the housing, to the at least one printed circuit board and/or plurality of components.
Apparatus according to claim I wherein said component is located on the underside of the housing when the housing is in its normal position for use,
Apparatus according to claim I wherein the said component is located within a recessed portion of a wall of the housing.
Apparatus according to claim I wherein the connector assembly includes a first part located externally of the housing and a second part located internally of the housing.
Apparatus for the electrical, data and mechanical connection of an electrical or electronic component with respect to data processing apparatus located in a housing, said apparatus including comprising:
- a connector assembly having a first part located externally of the housing and a second part located internally of the housing, said second part is connected to the said data processing means and said first part includes means for the selective connection of the said component so as to allow the connected component to be located externally of the housing and said first and second parts are selectively connectable via a plug and socket arrangement.
A connector assembly to allow connection of at least one data storage component to a plurality of operating components located within a housing, herein said connector assembly is provided with comprising:
- a first part which is located within and extends from the said housing and allows connection with the said components in said housing and a second part, engageable with the first part, and which second part is located at the exterior of the housing and to which second part, said at least one data storage component is connected to allow the transfer of data between the same and the said operating components.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.