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Refined rack-and-panel construction with self-locking connectors; and method of use

  • US 6,506,065 B1
  • Filed: 09/28/2000
  • Issued: 01/14/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/12/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Apparatus for making or breaking electrical connections between at least one electrical cable connector and an electronics module that has at least one corresponding panel connector, and that carries module camming means;

  • said apparatus comprising;

    an exclusively mechanical, nonelectrical intermediary between the cable connector and electronics module;

    said intermediary comprising;

    a rack for receiving and holding the electronics module, and at least one cable-connector holder, formed in the rack, for receiving and holding the at least one cable connector in positions aligned with the at least one panel connector when the electronics module is held in the rack;

    rack camming means for engagement with the module camming means;

    a lever fixed to one of the rack and module for operating the rack camming means or module camming means to forcibly shift the module relative to the rack, so as to engage or disengage the at least one panel connector and the at least one cable connector.

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