Patent ID: 6026089
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: H04L,H04Q,H05K

Abstract:
Package for communication equipment fitted with mechanical locking mechanism and electrical and communication connectivity device for allowing power supply distribution as well as communication at least at four distinctive faces (UP, DOWN, RIGHT, LEFT), said package being characterized in that it comprises:two faces having one each protrusion at one surface that is intended to enter into a groove machined at a corresponding surface of the next adjacent package in said structure;each of the said two protrudent faces further comprising a locking mechanism and power supply connection that comprises:a camming hook (2200) having a distal end which forceably engages a locking aperture (2210) when pivoted, said hook being pivotally coupled through an axel (2101) extending respectfully through an elongated aperture (2301) formed at one end of a lever arm (2300), and an elongated aperture (2302) of said camming hook (2200), said lever arm (2300) having a dielectric non-conductive distal end including at least one recess (2411), the bottom of which engages one end of a first compression coil spring (2405) whose other end is spring biased against a first washer (2403) whose lower surface thereof engages a second compression coil spring (2410), the lower end of which engages the interior surface of the protrusion of the adjacent package, said first coil spring (2405) having a rate being higher than the rate of said second coil spring (2410); anda rod extending through an electrically insulated aperture of said lower surface of said protrusion having a lower end being rigidly secured to a second washer (2407) and an upper end being rigidly secured to said first washer (2403), the lower end of said rod facing an electrical contact (2402) connected to a power supply electrical wire and which is affixed to the upper surface of the adjacent package; whereinthe pivotation of said camming hook (2200) parallely causes the locking and the electrical connection of said package.