Modular printed circuit board holder structure, capable of engaging, in drawer-like fashion, in a rack of an electronic installation
AssigneeSextant Avionique
InventorGerard Nemoz
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Abstract
The modular structure embodying the invention comprises at least one frame, preferably manufactured in molded material, on which a printed circuit board is attached and whose rear vertical member has at least one indentation in which a group of connection elements is engaged, the frame comprising two lateral flanks equipped with attachment means to each of which can be attached either a covering plate or a second frame identical to the first one. The invention notably enables the connections between the printed circuit boards and the output connector of the structure to be reduced to a single level.
Claims10
A modular printed circuit board holder structure adapted to be engaged, in drawer-like fashion, in a rack of an electronic installation having a back provided with interconnection elements, said structure comprising a first and a second identical frame each having an inner contour edge which delimits a flat volume, said edge being provided with rabbets onto which a printed circuit board can be attached so as to be contained in said volume, upper and lower horizontal members, a rear vertical member provided with at least one notch in which is engaged a removable connection group comprising a plurality of connection elements, directly connected by means of conductive links to conductive areas of the printed circuit board, a front vertical member having a L-shaped outer rabbet, and two opposite lateral sides equipped with fixing means, one of said lateral sides belonging to said first frame being assembled and fixed against a lateral side of said second frame through said fixing means, the notches of said first frame and said second frame being in coincidence and each L-shaped outer rabbet delimiting therebetween a groove which houses at least partially a locking mechanism enabling said structure to be locked in said rack in an engaged position.
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