Patent ID: 11894884
Assignee: ALARM.COM INCORPORATED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A device comprising:
a housing that forms an interior space, and that includes (i) an exterior surface, (ii) one or more pass-through regions that each define a through-hole between the interior space and the exterior surface, and (iii) a recess at the exterior surface that is capable of receiving a module that includes at least one sensor and is adapted to be placed in and removed from the recess;
a printed circuit board disposed within the interior space of the housing, wherein the printed circuit board comprises (i) a powerline backplane configured to distribute data and power and (ii) electrical components that are coupled to the powerline backplane; and
electrical connections that each have (i) a first end connected to the printed circuit board, and (ii) a second end that directly or indirectly contacts a corresponding component of the module, the electrical connections being capable of electrically coupling the module to the printed circuit board, wherein the first ends of the electrical connections are electrically coupled to corresponding data or power components of the electrical components through the powerline backplane.