Apparatus with a pluggable scale module

Details Apparatus with a pluggable scale module Apparatus with a pluggable scale module

2007-04-24

2007-04-24

Gibson, Randy W. (Department: 2841)

Weighing scales

With casing

C174S051000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11175068

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus, such as mail processing apparatus, has a housing with a cavity therein, a grounded metal chassis in the housing, an electronics mainboard in the housing having a first plug and contact arrangement, with a scale module that is pluggable into the cavity of the housing. The scale module has a base plate having a grounding arrangement, and a load cell and weighing electronics both mounted on the base plate. The weighing electronics has a second plug and contact arrangement that mates with the first plug and contact arrangement when the scale module is plugged into the cavity. A metal part in the housing is mechanically connected to the chassis and has a plate part that protrudes into the cavity. This plate part makes planar electrical contact with the grounding arrangement of the base plate, to produce a grounding path for the base plate, substantially immediately at the beginning of the act of plugging the scale module into the cavity.

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