Labeling of hardware modules

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9007775-B2
Application number	US-201213662573-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 29, 2012
Priority date	Oct 29, 2012
Publication date	Apr 14, 2015
Grant date	Apr 14, 2015

Abstract

A housing for electronic components comprising at least one hardware module and a frame. The hardware module comprises a mounting element, wherein the frame connects the at least one hardware module through the mounting element mechanically stable to the housing. A labeling element is attached to the mounting element and the housing has at least one viewing opening so that at least one part of the labeling element can be seen from the outside of the housing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A housing comprising:
at least one hardware module and a frame,
a front panel covering the at least one hardware module,
wherein the frame is attached to the front panel,
wherein the at least one hardware module includes a mounting element,
wherein the frame connects the at least one hardware module through the mounting element,
wherein the hardware module includes a printed circuit board and an L-shaped structure,
wherein the printed circuit board includes at least one lighting element,
wherein a first end of the L-shaped structure is placed on the at least one lighting element,
wherein a second end of the L-shaped structure is fed through an attachment opening in the mounting element and through a viewing opening in the front panel, and
wherein the L-shaped structure is made of a transparent medium.

2. Housing according to claim 1 , wherein a labeling element is attached to the mounting element and has a head portion and a body portion and wherein the body portion is inserted into another attachment opening within the mounting element of the hardware module and/or wherein at least one part of the labeling element is the head portion.

3. Housing according to claim 2 ,
wherein the body portion and the another attachment opening of the mounting element each have a screw thread and are screwed together and wherein the another attachment opening is a through hole or a blind hole.

4. Housing according to claim 2 ,
wherein the another attachment opening is a through hole and a part of the body portion extends out of a first end of the another attachment opening,
wherein the first end is an end that is farther away from the head portion than from the body portion and wherein this part of the body portion is riveted with the mounting element.

5. Housing according to claim 2 ,
wherein the another attachment opening is a through hole and a part of the body portion extends out of a first end of the another attachment opening,
wherein the first end is an end that is farther away from the head portion than from the body portion, wherein at least this part of the body portion has a screw thread, and wherein a nut attaches this part of the body portion to the mounting element.

6. Housing according to claim 2 ,
wherein the labeling element has a middle portion between the head portion and the body portion,
wherein a diameter of the middle portion is larger than a diameter of the head portion and/or the body portion, and/or
wherein a cross section of the middle portion is a hexagon or an octagon for fitting into a ring wrench.

7. Housing according to claim 2 ,
wherein the front panel includes at least one viewing opening, and
wherein the head portion fits into the at least one viewing opening and is flush with the front panel.

8. Housing according to claim 2 ,
wherein the labeling element is made in one piece by a milling process or a pressing process.

9. Housing according to claim 1 ,
wherein the housing includes a plurality of hardware modules,
wherein at least some of the hardware modules are of a different type,
wherein labeling elements within the hardware modules of a same type have a same color and shape, and
wherein the labeling elements within the hardware modules of a different type differ in color and/or shape from each other.

10. Housing according to claim 1 ,
wherein the front panel includes another viewing opening.

Assignees

• Holzmann Gottfried
• Mittermaier Werner
• Rohde & Schwarz

Inventors

• Holzmann Gottfried
• Mittermaier Werner

Classifications

• H05K5/00

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