Circuit interconnecting device, for use in industrial applications

• US 5,536,178 A
• Filed: 09/29/1994
• Issued: 07/16/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Elcon Instruments Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Elcon Instruments SRL
• Inventors: Novelli, Giorgio
• Primary Examiner(s): Bradley, P. Austin
• Assistant Examiner(s): HILL, JILL
• Application Number:
  US08/315,265
• Time in Patent Office: 656 Days
• Field of Search: 439/74, 439/75, 439/78, 439/65, 439/630, 439/928, 439/62, 439/76
• US Class Current: 439/74
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1412 hold down mechanisms, e.g. avionic racks
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1477 including backplanes

Abstract

A circuit interconnecting device for industrial applications comprising a card-edge connector arranged on a mainboard and associable, by means of a connector located on a card for interconnection, with external control devices; the card for interconnection also exhibiting output connectors as well as a circuit section for interfacing with the external control devices.

Claims

1. A circuit interconnecting device for industrial applications comprising a plurality of peripheral units electrically connected with at least one mainboard which is in turn connected and interfaced in output with control devices,

a card-edge connector arranged on the at least one mainboard;

a removable interconnecting card associated with said card-edge connector by a connector and having output connectors for linking up to the control devices and an interface circuit for the control devices wherein the interface circuit is assembled on a removable circuit section.

2. A device as in claim 1, wherein the card-edge connector is connected by tracks to a fixing terminal.

3. A device as in claim 1, wherein the removable interconnecting card is provided with tracks for linking up the connector arranged thereon with the output connectors.