# US 9,039,894 B2 · Supporting plate of a device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,039,894 B2 - Document ID: US9039894B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/986,358 - Filed: 2007-11-21 - Published: 2010-03-25 - Granted: 2015-05-26 - Earliest claimed: 2005-05-23 - Assignees: Agilent Technologies, Inc. - Applicants: Bernd Schaupp; Juergen Skott; Michael Braun; Soeren Groth; Manfred Berndt - Inventors: Bernd Schaupp; Juergen Skott; Michael Braun; Soeren Groth; Manfred Berndt - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9039894B2 ## CPC - H05K 5/10: comprising several parts forming a closed casing - B01D 15/08: Selective adsorption, e.g. chromatography - B01D 15/10: characterised by constructional or operational features - B01D 15/12: relating to the preparation of the feed - F04B 39/14: Provisions for readily assembling or disassembling - F04B 53/22: Arrangements for enabling ready assembly or disassembly - G01N 30/04: Preparation or injection of sample to be analysed - G01N 30/20: using a sampling valve - G06F 1/183: Internal mounting support structures, e.g. for supporting printed circuit boards - B01L 2300/06: Auxiliary integrated devices, integrated components - G01N 30/30: of temperature - G01N 30/6047: {with supporting means; Holders} - G01N 2030/3007: {same temperature for whole column} - G01N 2030/3015: {temperature gradients along column} - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - B01D: SEPARATION (separating solids from solids by wet methods B03B, B03D; by pneumatic jigs or tables B03B; by other dry methods B07; magnetic or electrostatic separation of solid materials from solid materials or fluids, separation by high-voltage electric fields B03C; centrifuges, vortex apparatus B04; presses per se for squeezing-out liquid from liquid-containing material B30B9/02; treatment of water C02F, e.g. softening by ion-exchange C02F1/42; {arrangements of air intake cleaners in gas turbine plants F02C7/05} ; arrangements or mounting of filters in air-conditioning, air-humidification or ventilation F24F13/28) - F04B: POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS (machines for liquids, or pumps, of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston type F04C; non-positive-displacement pumps F04D; pumping of fluid by direct contact of another fluid or by using inertia of fluid to be pumped F04F) - G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - B01L: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE ## Abstract A supporting plate of a device is suggested. The device has at least one component and a housing for at least partly protecting the component. The supporting plate has at least one receiving element adapted for accepting the at least one component of the device in at least one of the following manners: in a form-closed manner, in a force-closed manner. The supporting plate is part of the housing. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A liquid separation system, for at least one of separating and analyzing a liquid, comprising: a device comprising a chromatographic system; a rack system comprising at least one rack, the chromatographic system inserted into or being at least partly accommodated by the rack; a pumping device; and a supporting plate comprising receiving elements adapted and shaped to receive components of the pumping device, the supporting plate further comprising components configured to fix the pumping device within, or to be slidable into, and engage the rack system. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The liquid separation system of claim 1, the supporting plate further comprising a slide rail adapted for inserting and form-fitting fixing the device into a rack adapted for accommodating the device, wherein the supporting plate is part of a housing which at least partly houses the device, and wherein each of the receiving elements is configured to receive at least one component of the device in at least one of a form-closed and a force-closed manner. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The liquid separation system of claim 1, wherein at least one device is configured for performing a technical function, the liquid separation system further comprising: a housing which at least partly houses at least one device, wherein the supporting plate is part of the housing which at least partly houses the at least one device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The liquid separation system of claim 3, wherein the rack system comprises at least one of: at least one component for supplying the at least one device; a housing for at least partly accommodating at least one of: the at least one device, the at least one common component, and the at least one supporting plate; at least one connector for connecting the at least one device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The liquid separation system of claim 3, wherein the rack system comprises at least one of: at least one slide rail configured for guiding the supporting plate into the rack; two side walls each comprising one slide rail, wherein the slide rails of the rack are configured for interacting with the slide rails of the supporting plate. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The liquid separation system of claim 3, wherein the rack system comprises at least one of: the supporting plate is part of a chassis of the device; the supporting plate comprises an external surface, wherein the external surface is part of the housing of the device configured for at least one of: for protecting, covering, and surrounding components of the device; at least one of the supporting plate and the receiving element has at least one recess in which fits an outer shape of at least one of the components. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The liquid separation system of claim 3, wherein the rack system comprises at least one of: a first detent mechanism for fixing component parts of the housing of the device to the supporting plate; a second detent mechanism for fixing the device into the rack; a third detent mechanism for fixing the component of the device to the supporting plate; the slide rail comprises the second detent mechanism. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The liquid separation system of claim 3, wherein the rack system comprises at least one of: an L-shaped portion for forming a front cover of the device; a composite material comprising at least one of: rubber, silicone, plastic, wherein the composite material is used for realizing at least one of the following features: vibration absorption, thermal insulation, shielding, fire control, wherein the receiving element comprises the composite material; the supporting plate is part of a shielding; a stiff-molded and slightly foamed thermoplastic material; a connector for connecting the device to the rack; at least one of paint coating, conductive coating, metal coating. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The liquid separation system of claim 8, wherein: the device comprises a component part of a liquid separation system, comprising at least one of: a solvent cabinet, a micro vacuum degasser, a HPLC pump, an auto sampler, a temperature controlled column compartment, a detector; or the device comprises an electronic device comprising at least one of: a printed circuit board, a storage disk, and a ventilator; or the device comprises at least one of: a pump, a binary pump, an isocratic pump, a thermostatted column compartment, an interface, an auto sampler, a well-plate auto sampler, a micro-auto sampler, a detector, a variable wavelength detector, a multi-wavelength detector, a diode-array detector, a fluorescence detector, and a switching valve. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The liquid separation system of claim 8, wherein the rack system comprises at least one of: a foam for enclosing the at least one component together with the supporting plate, wherein the foam comprises a resilient plastic material; the supporting plate is configured for being combined with the foam and with an additional housing element which at least partly surrounds and protects the at least one component; the supporting plate together with the housing element provide at least one of the housing for and the chassis of the device.