Signal input/output device
AssigneeSMC Corporation
InventorsMitsuo Sekine, Yutaka Noguchi, Makoto Seo
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Abstract
A signal input/output device includes an array of signal input/output units. The signal input/output units have respective bases, each of which includes a connecting member. The connecting member has a second protruding end finger swingably supported on a base, and a first protruding end finger that engages with a stop of an adjacent base. The connecting member is positioned and fixed (secured) by a screw, which extends through a bottom plate and is threaded in a square nut. The connecting member, when secured in this manner, joins the adjacent bases to each other.
Claims17
A signal input/output device comprising:
- an array of signal input/output units, each of said signal input/output units comprising a base having a connector, and an electric signal input/output module disposed on said base;
- said base comprising a connecting member swingably supported about a swing shaft on one end of said base and a stop disposed at an opposite end of said base for engaging a connecting member of another base that is disposed adjacent to said base, said connecting member having a shaft insertion hole therein through which said swing shaft is inserted such that said connecting member is swingable with respect to said base about said swing shaft,
- wherein adjacent signal input/output units are joined to each other by said connecting member of said base, which engages in a stop of said another base that is disposed adjacent to said base, and
- wherein said connecting member is swingable with respect to said base in a disconnected state, when said signal input/output units are not joined to each other.
A signal input/output device comprising:
- an array of signal input/output units, each of said signal input/output units comprising a base having a connector, and an electric signal input/output module disposed on said base;
- said base comprising a connecting member swingably supported about a swing shaft on one end of said base and a stop disposed at an opposite end of said base for engaging a connecting member of another base that is disposed adjacent to said base, said connecting member having a shaft insertion hole therein through which said swing shaft is inserted such that said connecting member is swingable with respect to said base about said swing shaft;
- said connecting member being of a substantially concave shape and having a bottom plate with a first protruding end finger and a second protruding end finger disposed on respective opposite ends of said bottom plate;
- said first protruding end finger engaging said stop of said another base, and said second protruding end finger being swingably supported on said base by said swing shaft;
- and said second protruding end finger engaging said stop of said another base, thereby joining adjacent signal input/output units to each other,
- wherein said connecting member is swingable with respect to said base in a disconnected state, when said signal input/output units are not joined to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.