Adapter and a removable slide-in cartridge for an information st

Details Adapter and a removable slide-in cartridge for an information st Adapter and a removable slide-in cartridge for an information st

1989-09-11

1990-07-17

Paumen, Gary F.

Electrical connectors

With guiding means for mating of coupling part

For guiding side of movable panel, e.g., circuit board

439374, 364708, 369 751, H01R 13629

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049418416

ABSTRACT:
An adapter is provided for a removable information storage device in an information storage and retrieval system or control system. There is a mounting bracket permanently installed in a half-height space and hooked up to the wires already provided for in the system. A separate box-like cartridge component permanently houses the information storage device. The cartridge has electrical connections for connecting the information storage device to a mateable connector mounted on the back face of the cartridge. The mounting bracket likewise has a complementary mateable connector mounted on it so that both connectors will plug together whenever the cartridge is fully inserted into the bracket. This completes the electrical connections and power supply between the information storage device and the system allowing the information storage device to be used as if it were permanently installed in the system. The walls of the cartridge and the bracket engage through a pair of tracks and guideways to align the cartridge as it is inserted in the bracket and to match up the mateable connectors.

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