Patent · US Expired

Shielded mounting rack for electrical printed circuit board assemblies provided with a spring conductive strip

US6137052A · kind A · utility

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2References

21Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Siegfried Kurrer · Wendelstein, DE
Werner Koerber · Betzenstein, DE
Ralf Behrens · Hirschaid, DE
Kurt-Michael Schaffer · Seckau, AT

Key dates

Filing date	May 11, 1999
Grant date	Oct 24, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 11, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05K9/0016
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The mounting rack contains transverse rails (1, 31), at least one front element (29), and at least one spring contact strip (10; 38). The contact strip has a retaining portion (11) for fitting on an end face (21, 22) of the transverse rail and contact springs (14) which are connected to the retaining portion and have spring limbs (15) which are angled off in a direction away from the interior of the mounting rack, such that these spring limbs (15) extend in a direction generally coincident with the longitudinal side (54) of the front element the spring movements of the spring limbs (15) are generally in the same direction as the insertion and withdrawal movements (24, 48) for the printed circuit board assembly fastened to the front element.

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