Device for constructing electrical apparatus

• US 3,205,407 A
• Filed: 03/05/1962
• Issued: 09/07/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/1962
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Orville I. Thompson
• Original Assignee: Orville I. Thompson
• Inventors: Thompson, Orville I.
• Application Number:
  US04/177,391
• Time in Patent Office: 1,282 Days
• US Class Current: 361/809
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/02 Arrangements of circuit components or wiring on supporting structure

Claims

1. A MOUNTING ASSEMBLAGE TO FACILITATE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE FROM A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICALLY COMPONENTS WITH WIRE-SHAPED TERMINALS ELECTRICALLY INTERCONNECTED AT A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICAL JUNCTIONS COMPRISING A FLAT BOARD HAVING TWO TRANSVERSE AXES PASSING THROUGH A POINT LOCATED ON THE BOARD, A PLURALITY OF CONTACT UNITS DISPOSED ON THE SURFACE OF THE BOARD AND DISTRIBUTED ON SAID SURFACE ABOUT THE POINT OF THE BOARD, EACH OF SAID CONTACT UNIGS BEING ADAPTED TO FORM ONE OF THE ELECTRICAL JUNCTIONS OF THE ELECTRICALL DEVICE AND EACH OF SAID CONTACT UNITS HAVING A CASING OF ELECTRICALLY INSULATING MATERIAL WITH A FLAT BASE AND TWO TRANSVERSE AXES SMALL COMPARED TO THE TRANSVERSE AXES OF THE BOARD, EACH OF SAID CONTACT UNITS CONTAINING MEANS COOPERATIVE WITH THE BOARD FOR MAINTAINING THE BASE OF SAID CONTACT UNIT IN ABUTMENT WITH SAID SURFACE OF THE BOARD IN ANY ONE OF A PLURALITY OF POSITIONS OVER THE SURFACE OF THE BOARD, SAID POSITIONS BEING DISTRIBUTED OVER THE SURFACE OF THE BOARD AND SAID MAINTAINING MEANS PERMITTING MANUAL MOVEMENT OF EACH OF SAID CONTACT UNITS BETWEEN POSITIONS ON SAID BOARD, EACH