Electronic chassis frame assembly with cabling for printed circuit boards

Claim 2

A chassis for electronic components including in combination: a rectangular frame base including first and second side members and first and second end members and having a wiring cable guide aperture formed in at least one of said members and having a connector terminating aperture formed in at least another of said members; a component subchassis means supported by said frame base with at least a portion of said subchassis means overlying said frame base and at least another portion of said subchassis means overlying a region outside of said frame base; circuit board holding means and circuit board connector means mounted on said subchassis means, with said circuit board holding means serving to locate circuit boards in alignment with said circuit board connector means, at least one of said circuit board holding means and at least one of said circuit board connector means located on said subchassis means overlying said region outside said frame base; a first end connector; first cable means extending through said cable guide aperture and terminating in said first end connector within said frame base; a second end connector; second cable means terminating in said second end connector connected with said first end connector through said connector terminating aperture; means connecting one of said first and second cable means with said one circuit board connector means; and means connecting the other of said first and second cable means with components on said subchassis means.

Claim 3

A chassis for electronic components including in combination: a rectangular frame base including first and second side members and first and second end members and having a wiring cable guide aperture formed in at least one of said members and having a connector terminating aperture formed in at least another of said members; a component subchassis means supported by said frame base with at least a portion of said subchassis means overlying said frame base and at least another portion of said subchassis means overlying a region outside of said frame base; circuit board holding means and circuit board connector means mounted on said subchassis means, with said circuit board holding means serving to locate circuit boards in alignment with said circuit board connector means, at least one of said circuit board holding means and at least one of said circuit board connector means located on said subchassis means overlying said region outside said frame base; a first end connector; first cable means extending through said cable guide aperture and terminating in said first end connector within said frame base; a second end connector; second cable means terminating in said second end connector connected with said first end connector through said connector terminating aperture; means connecting one of said first and second cable means with said one circuit board connector means; and means connecting the other of said first and second cable means with components on said subchassis means.

Claim 4

A chassis for electronic components including in combination: a rectangular frame base including first and second side members and first and second end members and having a wiring cable guide aperture formed in at least one of said members and having a connector terminating aperture formed in at least another of said members; a component subchassis means supported by said frame base with at least a portion of said subchassis means overlying said frame base and at least another portion of said subchassis means overlying a region outside of said frame base; circuit board holding means and circuit board connector means mounted on said subchassis means, with said circuit board holding means serving to locate circuit boards in alignment with said circuit board connector means, at least one of said circuit board holding means and at least one of said circuit board connector means located on said subchassis means overlying said region outside said frame base; a first end connector; first cable means extending through said cable guide aperture and terminating in said first end connector within said frame base; a second end connector; second cable means terminating in said second end connector connected with said first end connector through said connector terminating aperture; means connecting one of said first and second cable means with said one circuit board connector means; and means connecting the other of said first and second cable means with components on said subchassis means.

Claim 5

The combination according to claim 1 wherein said circuit board holding means includes first and second spaced-apart support members extending vertically from said subchassis means, located on opposite sides of said circuit board connector means, and resiliently biased toward one another, each of said support members including a circuit board holding portion, with the distance between the circuit boaRd holding portions of said support members being less than the width of a circuit board, a slot formed in each of said circuit board holding portions and having a width sufficient to accommodate the thickness of a circuit board.

Claim 6

The combination according to claim 2 wherein the holding portions of said support members extend a predetermined distance above a circuit board held thereby and the slots terminate at a point less than said predetermined distance above the circuit board so that the upper edge of a circuit board placed between said support members extends through the slots.

Claim 7

In a chassis structure including a subchassis means and a frame base for supporting the subchassis means, first and second connectors, and first and second wiring cables, the subchassis means having a lower surface with the first and second wiring cables extending thereacross from opposite sides and terminating in the first and second connectors, respectively, the chassis structure including in combination: first and second elongated, spaced-apart, side frame members, each having upper and lower edges with the upper edge of the first side frame member having at least one cable guide aperture formed therein and extending into either side frame member; first and second elongated, spaced-apart, end frame members attached between said first and second side frame members, with said side frame members and said end frame members forming a substantially rectangular chassis frame base, with at least the upper edges of said first and second side frame members having upper support surfaces thereon for supporting said subchassis means, one of said second side frame member and said end frame members having a connector terminating aperture therein; means mounting said subchassis means on said rectangular chassis frame base, with said subchassis means substantially covering and extending beyond a rectangular opening enclosed by said frame members forming said subchassis frame base, said first wiring cable extending from said subchassis means outside the rectangular opening enclosed by said frame members and guided through said cable guide aperture, with the first connector terminating said first cable being located within the rectangular opening enclosed by said frame members; and said second wiring cable extending from said subchassis means and terminating in the second connector outside the rectangular opening enclosed by said frame members making connection with said first cable through said connector terminating aperture.

Claim 8

In a chassis structure including a subchassis means and a frame base for supporting the subchassis means, first and second connectors, and first and second wiring cables, the subchassis means having a lower surface with the first and second wiring cables extending thereacross from opposite sides and terminating in the first and second connectors, respectively, the chassis structure including in combination: first and second elongated, spaced-apart, side frame members, each having upper and lower edges with the upper edge of the first side frame member having at least one cable guide aperture formed therein and extending into either side frame member; first and second elongated, spaced-apart, end frame members attached between said first and second side frame members, with said side frame members and said end frame members forming a substantially rectangular chassis frame base, with at least the upper edges of said first and second side frame members having upper support surfaces thereon for supporting said subchassis means, one of said second side frame member and said end frame members having a connector terminating aperture therein; means mounting said subchassis means on said rectangular chassis frame base, with said subchassis means substantially covering and extending beyond a rectangular opening enclosed by said frame members forming said subchassis frame base, said first wiring cable extending from said subchassis means outside the rectangular opening enclosed by said frame members and guided through said cable guide aperture, with the first connector terminating said first cable being located within the rectangular opening enclosed by said frame members; and said second wiring cable extending from said subchassis means and terminating in the second connector outside the rectangular opening enclosed by said frame members making connection with said first cable through said connector terminating aperture.

Claim 9

The combination according to claim 4 wherein said subchassis means includes first and second subchassis, said first subchassis being interconnected electrically with said second subchassis through said first and second wiring cables, respectively, said first wiring cable extending from beneath from said first subchassis and said second cable extending from beneath said second subchassis.

Claim 10

The combination according to claim 4 including a second rectangular frame having first and second upper side members supported by the upper support surfaces of said first and second side frame members with said upper side members extending beyond said rectangular chassis frame base, said second rectangular frame including first and second upper end members attached to the ends of the first and second upper side members, support flanges on at least some of said upper side and end members for supporting said subchassis means, said second rectangular frame having an open bottom permitting said wiring cables to extend therethrough.

Claim 11

The combination according to claim 4 wherein said upper support surfaces of said first and second side frame members comprise upper flanges in substantially the same plane, with said first and second side frame members extending substantially perpendicularly downwardly from said upper flanges, with the lower edges of said side frame members being a bottom flange in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of said upper flanges, witH said bottom flanges providing support surfaces for interconnecting said first and second side frame members with said first and second end frame members.