Receptacle for printed circuit structures with bus bar mounting means

Claim 2

In receptacle apparatus for plural printed circuit structures, each of which has electrical contacts adjacent one edge thereof and has two side edges transverse to said one edge, and having a connector recessed with an elongated socket channel for seatingly receiving one circuit structure with connector contacts engaged with said contacts of the circuit structure, and further having guides for slidably receiving said side edges of said circuit structures, the improvement wherein each said connector mounts interconnected guide and support means for said printed circuit structures, said improvement comprising A. a body on each said connector recessed to form said socket therein and extending beyond both longitudinal ends of said channel to form a pair of guide-mounting portions on said connector on an upper surface thereof, B. an elongated member upstandingly mounted directly on each end of each said connector, said mounting being exclusively at each said upper surface connector-provided mounting portion to form one said guide and having a longitudinal guide slot extending therealong from the end of said guide member removed from said connector toward said connector, said guide slot facing the guide slot of another guide mounted on the other mounting portion of that connector, and C. a pair of beam members interconnecting said guides at locations thereon spaced from said connectors, each beam member interconnecting one guide on each connector with other guides on corresponding ends of other connectors.

Claim 3

In receptacle apparatus as defined in claim 1, the further improvement wherein said beam members interconnect said guides along paths out-of-line from said guide slots.

Claim 4

In receptacle apparatus as defined in claim 1, the further improvement wherein said pair of mounting portions on each connector dispose said two guides mounted thereon with the guide slots thereof lying in a common plane which is parallel to the elongation of said channel of that connector.

Claim 5

In receptacle apparatus as defined in claim 1, the further improvement wherein said pair of mounting portions on each connector dispose said two guides mounted thereon with the guide slots thereof coplanar with the channel of that connector.

Claim 6

In receptacle apparatus as defined in claim 1, the further improvement wherein A. each said guide-forming elongated member has a tab extending longitudinally from said end thereof, B. each said beam member has a longitudinal slot therein mountingly-receiving said tabs of plural guide-forming elongated members, and C. further connecting means attaching each said beam member to one said guide-forming elongated member.

Claim 7

In receptacle apparatus for plural printed circuit structures, each of which has electrical contacts adjacent one edge thereof and has two side edges transverse to said one edge, and having a connector recessed with an elongated socket channel for seatingly receiving one circuit structure with connector contacts engaged with said contacts of the circuit structure and further having guides for slidably receiving said side edges of said circuit structures, the improvement comprising A. a body on each said connector recessed to form a socket therein and extending beyond both longitudinal ends of said channel to form a pair of guide-mounting portions on said connector. B. an elongated member upstandingly-mounted on each said connector-provided mounting portion to form one said guide and having a longitudinal slot extending therealong from the end removed from said connector toward said cOnnector, said guide slot facing the guide slot of another guide-forming elongated member mounted on the other mounting portion of that connector, C. a pair of beam members interconnecting said guides at locations thereon spaced from said connectors, each beam member interconnecting one guide on each connector with other guides on corresponding ends of other connectors, D. each said connector further comprising means for mountingly receiving a bus conductor extending transverse to both said channel therein and said guides, with said conductor mounting means being disposed beyond the longitudinal ends of said channel therein, E. at least one contact one each said connector in said socket channel thereof, and F. a bus conductor mounted in said conductor mounting means of plural adjacent connectors.

Claim 8

In receptacle apparatus for plural printed circuit structures, each of which has electrical contacts adjacent one edge thereof and has two side edges transverse to said one edge, and having a connector recessed with an elongated socket channel for seatingly receiving one circuit structure with connector contacts engaged with said contacts of the circuit structure and further having guides for slidably receiving said side edges of said circuit structures, the improvement comprising A. a body on each said connector recessed to form a socket therein and extending beyond both longitudinal ends of said channel to form a pair of guide-mounting portions on said connector. B. an elongated member upstandingly-mounted on each said connector-provided mounting portion to form one said guide and having a longitudinal slot extending therealong from the end removed from said connector toward said cOnnector, said guide slot facing the guide slot of another guide-forming elongated member mounted on the other mounting portion of that connector, C. a pair of beam members interconnecting said guides at locations thereon spaced from said connectors, each beam member interconnecting one guide on each connector with other guides on corresponding ends of other connectors, D. each said connector further comprising means for mountingly receiving a bus conductor extending transverse to both said channel therein and said guides, with said conductor mounting means being disposed beyond the longitudinal ends of said channel therein, E. at least one contact one each said connector in said socket channel thereof, and F. a bus conductor mounted in said conductor mounting means of plural adjacent connectors.

Claim 9

In receptacle apparatus as defined in claim 6, the further improvement wherein at least plural ones of said connector contacts have wire-wrap terminals extending from said connectors in a first direction opposite to the opening into said socket channel, and said connectors are free of conductors other than said wire-wrap terminals exposed from the sides thereof facing in said first direction.

Claim 10

In receptacle apparatus for plural printed circuit structures, each of which has electrical contacts adjacent one edge thereof and has two side edges transverse to said one edge, and having a connector recessed with an elongated socket channel for seatingly receiving one circuit structure with connector contacts engaged with said contacts of the circuit structure, and further having guides for slidably receiving said side edges of said circuit structures, the improvement comprising A. a body on each said connector recessed to form a socket therein and extending beyond both longitudinal ends of said channel to form a pair of guide-mounting portions on said connector, B. an elongated member upstandingly-mounted on each said connector-provided mounting portion to form one said guide and having a longitudinal slot extending therealong from the end removed from said connector toward said connector, said guide slot facing the guide slot of another guide-forming elongated member mounted on the other mounting portion of that connector, C. a pair of beam members interconnecting said guides at locations thereon spaced from said connectors, each beam member interconnecting one guide on each connector with other guides on corresponding ends of other connectors, D. slot means on each said connector beyond one longitudinal end of said channel therein for mountingly receiving a bus conductor extending transverse to both said channel therein and said guides thereon, and E. a bus conductor mounted in said slot means of plural connectors.

Claim 11

In receptacle apparatus for plural printed circuit structures, each of which has electrical contacts adjacent one edge thereof and has two side edges transverse to said one edge, and having a connector recessed with an elongated socket channel for seatingly receiving one circuit structure with connector contacts engaged with said contacts of the circuit structure, and further having guides for slidably receiving said side edges of said circuit structures, the improvement comprising A. a body on each said connector recessed to form a socket therein and extending beyond both longitudinal ends of said channel to form a pair of guide-mounting portions on said connector, B. an elongated member upstandingly-mounted on each said connector-provided mounting portion to form one said guide and having a longitudinal slot extending therealong from the end removed from said connector toward said connector, said guide slot facing the guide slot of another guide-forming elongated member mounted on the other mounting portion of that connector, C. a pair of beam members interconnecting said guides at locations thereon spaced from said connectors, each beam member interconnecting one guide on each connector with other guides on corresponding ends of other connectors, D. slot means on each said connector beyond one longitudinal end of said channel therein for mountingly receiving a bus conductor extending transverse to both said channel therein and said guides thereon, and E. a bus conductor mounted in said slot means of plural connectors.