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US 6,305,965 B1Granted
Equipment assembly
AssigneeMarconi Communications, Inc.
InventorClaudio D'Inca
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Abstract
An equipment assembly includes a housing and a sub-unit each having a large array of electrical contacts which mate when the sub-unit is inserted into the housing. The sub-unit has a plurality of threaded bolts which extend through the sub-unit to engage with cooperating threaded nuts secured to the housing. The plurality of bolts is linked together mechanically, so that all bolts engage simultaneously with their respective nuts, and draw the sub-unit into engagement with the housing as the bolts are rotated.
Claims12
An equipment assembly, comprising:
- a) a housing having a plurality of electrical contacts, and a plurality of threaded nuts secured to the housing;
- b) a sub-unit insertable into the housing and having a plurality of electrical contacts which mate with the contacts of the housing upon insertion, the sub-unit having a plurality of threaded bolts extending through the sub-unit and respectively engaging the threaded nuts, the threaded bolts being mechanically linked together so that all the threaded bolts simultaneously engage the respective threaded nuts and draw the sub-unit into engagement with the housing as the threaded bolts are rotated;
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- c) a visual indicator for indicating at a front surface of one of the housing and the sub-unit when the threaded bolts are almost fully tightened.
1 more element
An equipment assembly, comprising:
- a) a housing having a plurality of electrical contacts, and a plurality of threaded nuts spring mounted in the housing;
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- b) a sub-unit insertable into the housing and having a plurality of electrical contacts which mate with the contacts of the housing upon insertion, the sub-unit having a plurality of threaded bolts extending through the sub-unit and respectively engaging the threaded nuts, the threaded bolts being mechanically linked together so that all the threaded bolts simultaneously engage the respective threaded nuts and draw the sub-unit into engagement with the housing as the threaded bolts are rotated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.