Through pcb hole cable lead dress conduit
AssigneeThomson Licensing
InventorsDarin Bradley RITTER, Mickey Jay HUNT
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Abstract
Devices and methods for routing cables through a printed circuit board (PCB) include an enclosure having at least one cable guide and a cable duct. A PCB is mounted in the enclosure, such that the cable duct penetrates the PCB through a hole in the PCB. At least one additional component is mounted in the enclosure and connected to at least one cable that is attached to the at least one cable guide and the cable duct. The at least one cable enters the duct on a first side of the PCB and exits the duct on a second side of the PCB.
Claims19
A device, comprising:
- an enclosure (102) comprising at least one cable guide (104) and a cable duct (106);
- a printed circuit board (PCB) (202) mounted in the enclosure, such that the cable duct penetrates the PCB through a hole (206) in the PCB;
- at least one additional component (208) mounted in the enclosure;
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- at least one cable (108) that is connected to the at least one additional component and is attached to the at least one cable guide and the cable duct, wherein said at least one cable enters the duct on a first side of the PCB and exits the duct on a second side of the PCB.
A set top box, comprising:
- an enclosure (102) comprising at least one cable guide (104) and a cable duct (106), wherein the duct comprises one or more notches (107) that provide access to a duct interior space;
- a printed circuit board (PCB) (202) mounted in the enclosure, such that the cable duct penetrates the PCB through a hole in the PCB;
- an antenna (208) mounted in the enclosure;
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- at least one cable (108) that is connected to the antenna and is attached to the at least one cable guide and runs into the duct interior space, wherein said at least one cable enters the duct on a first side of the PCB and exits the duct on a second side of the PCB, and wherein the at least one cable is held in the one or more notches by friction.
A method for assembling a device, comprising:
- creating or providing (401) at least one cable guide (104) that includes at least one cable duct (106) which is formed by notching the at least one cable duct at at least one location along the at least one cable duct to form at least one cable guide notch (107) for at least one cable (108);
- inserting (402) the at least one cable into the at least one cable guide and the at least one cable guide notch;
- creating or providing (403) at least one cable duct hole (206) through a printed circuit board (202);
- connecting (404) a first end of the at least one cable to an electronic component (208);
- inserting (405) the printed circuit board into the device such that the at least one cable duct enters the at least one cable duct hole;
- threading (406) a second end (110) of the at least one cable through the at least one cable duct;
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- disposing (407) the at least one cable, the at least on cable guide, the printed circuit board, the at least one cable duct and the electronic component within an enclosure (102).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.