National Instruments Corporation

Fisher-rosemount Systems, Inc

Darryl David Daniel

Austin J Orand

Michel G Haddad

Glen Biron

Jason B Habingreither

James P Koughan

Key assemblies to mechanically key pluggable-module sockets are described. A disclosed example key assembly includes a key having a shaft, a first radial protrusion extending from the shaft and an annular guide surface on the shaft; and a key base having a plurality of fingers defining a plurality of radial slots and an opening to receive at least a portion of the shaft, wherein at least one of the fingers is to engage the annular guide surface to enable the key to rotate to a set position, and wherein the first radial protrusion is to engage one of the slots to rotationally hold the key in a set position when the at least one of the fingers forced out of engagement with the annular guide surface.

Key assemblies to mechanically key pluggable-module sockets

In some embodiments, a mechanical adapter may be used to couple a first circuit board (e.g., a motherboard) to a second circuit board (e.g., a daughtercard) in a module. The mechanical adapter may have a mounting portion and a configurable portion. In some embodiments, the mounting portion may be similar for multiple configurations of the mechanical adapter. In various embodiments, the motherboard may be similar for different modules. For example, the mechanical adapter may be configured to mount a specific type of daughtercard in the configurable portion, while the mounting portion may be similar to mounting portions on other mechanical adapters with different configurations for different daughtercards (e.g., the motherboard may be similar for each of the different configurations). Therefore, in various embodiments, a common mounting portion may mate to a common motherboard configuration for different products each configured to mount a different daughtercard.

Mechanical adapter for circuitry modules

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