Cable television circuit box assembly

Claim 1

FOR USE IN A CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEM INCLUDING CABLE TO TRANSMIT MULTIPLE CHANNEL TELEVISION SIGNALS FOR DISTRIBUTION TO SUBSCRIBER EQUIPMENT, AN ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A RECEPTACLE AND CABLE TERMINAL MEANS ATTACHED THERETO, AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT BOARD FOR CIRCUIT COMPONENTS, A METALLIC PLATE SUPPORTING SAID BOARD AND RECEIVED THEREWITH INTO THE RECEPTACLE INTERIOR SO THAT CIRCUIT COMPONENTS HAVE TIGHT REMOVABLE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION WITH SAID CABLE TERMINAL MEANS, THE PLATE BEING RELEASABLY ATTACHED TO THE RECEPTACLE, AND A REMOVABLE COVER ATTACHED TO AND CLOSING SAID RECEPTACLE AT THE FRONT THEREOF, THE MAIN EXTENT OF THE PLATE BEING SPACED FROM THE MAIN EXTENT OF THE BOARD AND AT THE SIDE OF THE BOARD OPPOSITE THE COVER, AT LEAST ONE HEAT PRODUCING CIRCUIT COMPONENT MOUNTED ON THE PLATE AND HAVING ELECTRICAL CONNECTION WITH THE BOARD CIRCUIT, SAID CABLE TERMINAL MEANS INCLUDING A TUBULAR FITTING ATTACHED TO THE RECEPTACLE WALL AND HAVING A PORTION FORMED FOR CONNECTION TO A CABLE EXTERIORLY OF THE RECEPTACLE, THE FITTING INCLUDING A PIN PROJECTING INTO THE RECEPTACLE INTERIOR AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECTABLE WITH THE CABLE CONDUCTOR, AND SAID ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A SPRING CLIP CARRIED BY THE CIRCUIT BOARD PROXIMATE THE EDGE THEREOF TO CLIP-ATTACH TO THE PIN UPON INSERTION OF THE CIRCUIT BOARD AND PLATE INTO THE RECEPTACLE INTERIOR, THE CLIP AND PIN BEING EXPOSED AT THE COVER SIDE OF THE BOARD AND THE CLIP HAVING ELECTRICAL CONNECTION WITH THE BOARD CIRCUIT.