System cable assembly and component packaging

US4922125A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Wayne J. Casanova · Rochester, US
• Roger F. Dimmick · Rochester, US
• William A. Hall · Anniston, US
• Lester C. Homan · Rochester, US
• Frank J. Lukes · Rochester, US
• Bradley L. Martin · Byron, US
• Claude J. Mosley · Rochester, US
• Arthur P. Reckinger, Jr. · Rochester, US
• Paul W. Schaefer · Rochester, US
• Zanti D. Squillace · Rochester, US
• Gordon W. Westphal · Rochester, US
• Stephen E. Wheeler · Rochester, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 17, 1988
• Grant date: May 1, 1990
• Expiry date: Mar 17, 2008

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H05K7/1449
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A data processing system is shown packaged in an enclosure wherein the system frame or chassis and a cable carrier are separately fabricated and thereafter merged to provide an enclosure with open ends and a central cable carrier that mounts connections for the system components. The system components are slideably received by the enclosure and are self docking as the electrical connections with the system power and signal lines are completed as the components arrive at the fully inserted, latched position. Keying means are also provided to require the user to install the components at both the correct location and with the correct orientation.