Supports: cabinet structure – Sectional-unit type – Connectors
Patent
1996-04-19
1999-07-13
Cuomo, Peter M.
Supports: cabinet structure
Sectional-unit type
Connectors
403393, 3122231, F16B 1200
Patent
active
059216433
ABSTRACT:
A zero clearance connecting system for use in locating and connecting together first and second housings, with each housing having a predefined interior envelope, is provided. The system comprises a locating and connecting pin having first and second ends attached to the first housing. A head is located at the first end of the pin and has a reduced diameter portion. A shank portion is located adjacent to the head and installed in an aperture defined in a surface of the first housing, with the head protruding from the surface by a predetermined distance. A slot having a large portion and a smaller portion is defined in a mating surface of the second housing. The smaller portion of the slot is in a complementary position to the head when the first and second housings are located and connected together. The large portion of the slot is sized for insertion of the head into the slot. The smaller portion of the slot has keyed side walls which are complementary to the reduced diameter portion of the head such that the reduced diameter portion of the head engages the keyed side walls of the smaller portion of the slot when the first housing is slidingly moved relative to the second housing. The head has a thickness which is not greater than the thickness of the mating surface of the second housing such that the head does not protrude into the interior envelope of the second housing.
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Adornato Rocco L.
Cuomo Peter M.
Samuels Steven B.
Starr Mark T.
Unisys Corporation
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