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Frame member and assembly for carrying electrical signals and the like

  • US 5,298,681 A
  • Filed: 04/20/1992
  • Issued: 03/29/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/20/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A frame assembly that provides mechanical support and carries electrical conduction paths for connection to circuitry of a machine, comprising:

  • a plurality of pultrusions, each including an insulating body and reinforcing fibers within said insulating body, each said pultrusion having grooves in surface portions along an elongated dimension;

    conductors on said surface portions of each said pultrusion, said conductors providing electrical conduction paths connectable to circuitry of said machine; and

    at least one connector block, said connector block being attached to at least two of said pultrusions and having conductors that contact said conductors on the surface of said at least two pultrusions when said connector block is attached to said at least two pultrusions, wherein said connector block interconnects selected conductors of said at least two pultrusions when said connector block is attached to said at least two pultrusions.

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