Modular television receiver

Claim 1

A television receiver including in combination: a cabinet with a removable rear closure panel and a front panel having first and second adjacent openings therein with a picture tube mounted in said first opening; a first electronic chassis positioned adjacent said picture tube and having a front portion with a control panel attached thereto, said first electronic chassis having an operating position with said control panel being positioned within said second opening whereby said control panel and said picture tube occupy the major portion of said front panel, said first electronic chassis being slidably mounted in said cabinet whereby said control panel and said first electronic chassis can be moved through said second opening to a forward position to expose said electronic chassis for work thereon without removing said rear closure panel; wiring means including a wiring harness coupled to said first electronic chassis and movable therewith, whereby the television receiver is operable with said first electronic chassis in said forward position, said wiring harness extending throughout said first electronic chassis and having a plurality of wires therein; a plurality of first connectors, each forming one-half of a pin and pin-receiving connector set, separately positioned in openings in said first electronic chassis with each first connector being electrically connected to particular ones of said plurality of wires; a plurality of electronic modules at least some of which include printed wiring boards with electronic components mounted thereon positioned within said first electronic chassis with each of said modules having at least one second connector, forming the other half of a pin and pin-receiving connector set, mounted therEon for mating engagement with a predetermined one of said first connectors, said first and second connectors being positioned on said first electronic chassis and on said electronic modules so that each of said first connectors engages a separate one of said second connectors to permit removal of said electronic modules from said first electronic chassis without disconnecting any of said plurality of wires; said first electronic chassis including openings adjacent at least a portion of said printed wiring boards mounted thereon so that both sides of said printed wiring boards are accessible for maintenance with said first electronic chassis in said forward position; means for pivotally mounting one of said plurality of electronic modules on said first electronic chassis so that said pivotally mounted module may be swung to an open position to provide access to others of said plurality of electronic modules, said pivotally mounted module further being operable in said open position; power interlock means; a first power line connected to the said power interlock means and adapted to receive electric power for operation of the receiver; and power line connector means connected to the wiring harness for connecting said power interlock means with said wiring harness with the first electronic chassis in said operating position so that a continuous electrical connection extends from said first power line through said power interlock and said power line connector means to said wiring harness, said power interlock means being responsive to movement of said first electronic chassis to said forward position to break said electrical connection between said power interlock means and said power line connector means, said power line connector means being positioned on said electronic chassis so that said power line connector means is exposed with said electronic chassis in said forward position to permit connection of a second power line thereto without removal of said rear closure panel to provide operating power to said wiring harness with said first electronic chassis in said forward position.