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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1999
Filed:
May. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark David Summers, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Ronald Newell Hamilton, Mesa, AZ (US);
Craig Bayman McIntosh, Lisle, IL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361825 ; 361801 ; 361802 ; 361740 ; 439 59 ; 439325 ; 439327 ;
Abstract
An end bracket for ruggedization of Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) printed wiring cards is described. End bracket (400) has flanges (420,430) with holes for attachment of end bracket (400) to free end (250) of printed wiring card (210). End bracket (400) also has a flange (440) for attaching end bracket(400) to a fixed structure. The holes in flanges (420,430) generally form a hole pattern that matches a standard hole pattern found in free end (250) of printed wiring card (210).