Packaging arrangements for devices employing photoconductive panels and electroluminescent panels

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A SWITCHING MATRIX ASSEMBLY COMPRISING: AT LEAST ONE RECTANGULAR SHAPED PHOTOCONDUCTIVE PANEL HAVING A PLURALITY OF NON-INTERSECTING ELECTRODES THEREON; AT LEAST ONE RECTANGULAR SHAPED ELECTROLUMINESCENT PANEL ALSO HAVING A PLURALITY OF NON-INTERSECTING ELECTRODES THEREON, SAID PHOTOCONDUCTIVE PANEL AND SAID ELECTROLUMINESCENT PANEL BEING POSITIONED IN PLANES PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER AND ARRANGED SO THAT THE PROJECTIONS OF SAID ELECTRODES ON SAID PANELS INTERSECT TO FORM A GRID; A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS, EACH HAVING A PLURALITY OF HOLES THEREIN; SAID PHOTOCONDUCTIVE PANEL AND SAID ELECTROLUMINESCENT PANEL EACH HAVING INDIVIDUAL ONES OF SAID CONNECTORS CONNECTED TO EACH OF TWO OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF; A MOUNTING PLATE HAVING A SERIES OF SPACED APART STUDS PROJECTING FROM THE SURFACE THEREOF, SAID PANELS STACKED UPON SAID MOUNTING PLATE WITH THE SAID STUDS PROJECTING THROUGH THE HOLES IN THE CONNECTORS OF SAID PANELS, SAID STUDS AND HOLES COOPERATING SO AS TO ALIGN, POSITION AND SECURE SAID PHOTOCONDUCTIVE PANEL AND SAID ELECTROLUMINESCENT PANEL IN A STACKED ARRANGEMENT.