Mechanically alterable diode matrix memory

Claim 2

A diode matrix memory comprising an electrically conductive input circuit path, a plurality of electrically conductive output circuit paths, an intermediate electrically conductive circuit path, a diode having the anode thereof coupled to said input circuit and the cathode thereof coupled to one end of said intermediate circuit path, a wire strap coupled at one end to said intermediate circuit path, a pluggable terminal element coupled to the other end of said wire strap, and each of said plurality of electrically conductive output circuit paths being provided with a plurality of apertures adapted to receive and retain said pluggable terminal element whereby said input circuit path is coupled through said diode, said intermediate circuit path, said pluggable terminal and said wire strap to any selected one of said plurality of output circuit paths.

Claim 3

Apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein said input circuit path and said intermediate circuit paths are the printed circuits of a printed wiring card, each of said output circuit paths are spring-type bus bars mounted on said printed wiring card.

Claim 4

Apparatus as recited in claim 2 further including an output printed circuit path, and an electrically conductive mechanical support member fixed at one end to said bus bar and at the other end thereof to said output printed circuit path.

Claim 5

Apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein said diode is substantially permanently affixed in electrical contact between said input circuit path and said intermediate circuit path, and said wire strap is substantially permanently affixed in electrical contact to said intermediate circuit path.

Claim 6

Apparatus as recited in claim 2 further including electrically insulative support means disposed on said printed wiring card and between said bus bars.

Claim 7

Apparatus as recited in claim 2 further including an electrically insulative designation plate having a grid indicia inscribed on a first major surface thereof corresponding to said input and output circuit paths, an aperture disposed through said plate on a portion of said grid indicia corresponding to said input circuit path, slots disposed through said plate along the portions of said grid indicia corresponding to each said output circuit paths, and a plurality of grooves disposed in the opposite major surface of said plate in communication with said slots and adapted to engage each said bus bar along the length thereof whereby said bus bars are retained in a fixed spatial relationship with respect to one another and said wire straps may be passed through said aperture and said pluggable terminal may be inserted through said slot to engage said bus bar.