Electrical equipment and method of assembling same

A method of assembling electrical equipment in a chassis box using front-mounting electrical components, said method comprising the steps of:

• a. providing a front-mounting electrical component having a body and a retaining shoulder at an outside end region of said body and with electrical terminals extending from an inside end region of the body;
• b. forming an electrical component receiving plate sized to fit against an inside surface of a selected wall of said chassis box, said plate having a front surface and a back surface and being formed having a cutout sized for receiving the body of said front-mounting electrical component;
• c. inserting the body of said front-mounting electrical component into said plate cutout from the front side of said plate so as to install said electrical component in said plate with said electrical terminals projecting from the back side of said plate;
• d. making a cutout in said selected wall of said chassis box, said wall cutout being sized to receive said electrical component retaining shoulder and being located to match said plate cutout;
• e. connecting electrical wires to said electrical terminals of said electrical component installed in said plate and bundling said electrical wires into a wiring harness;
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• f. detachably attaching said plate to said selected chassis box selected wall with the front surface of said plate against the inside surface of said selected chassis box wall and with the shoulder of said electrical component installed in said plate extending into said wall cutout and with said wiring harness inside said chassis box.

A method of assembling electrical equipment in a chassis box using front-mounting electrical components, said method comprising the steps of:

• a. providing a front-mounting electrical component having a body and a retaining shoulder at an outside end region of said body and with electrical terminals extending from an inside end region of the body;
• b. forming an electrical component retaining plate sized to fit against an inside surface of a selected wall of said chassis box, said plate having a front surface and a back surface and being formed having a cutout sized for receiving the body of said front-mounting electrical component;
• c. inserting the body of said front-mounting electrical component into said plate cutout from the front side of said plate so as to install said electrical component in said plate with said electrical terminals projecting from the back side of the plate;
• d. making a cutout in said selected wall of said chassis box, said wall cutout being sized to receive said electrical component retaining shoulder and being located to match said plate cutout;
• e. detachably attaching said plate to said selected chassis box selected wall with the front surface of said plate against the inside surface of said selected chassis box wall and with the shoulder of said electrical component installed in said plate extending into said wall cutout;
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• f. connecting a printed circuit card to said electrical terminals of said electrical component installed in said plate.

A method of assembling electrical equipment using front-mounting electrical components, said method comprising the steps of:

• a. providing a front-mounting electrical component having a body with a retaining shoulder at an outside end region of the body and having electrical terminals projecting from an inside end region of the body;
• b. providing an equipment enclosure having sides, a selected one of said sides having a cutout sized to receive the retaining shoulder of said front-mounting electrical component;
• c. connecting a printed circuit card to said electrical terminals of said electrical component for making electrical connections to said terminals;
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• d. attaching said printed circuit card to said enclosure with the printed circuit card inside said enclosure and with said electrical component shoulder received into said cutout in said selected one of said enclosure sides from inside the enclosure.