Patent ID: 6445595
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: H04B,H05K

Abstract:
In a piece of electronic equipment including, among a plurality of operating components disposed on a front panel, a group of operating components having the same form, and a front panel with holes for said operating component having a common shape, an operating component placement system comprising:a connector corresponding to said operating components at a front surface side; a panel board comprising a connection circuit for making connection of terminals of each said connector at a rear surface side to prescribed input terminals of an electronic circuit; and assembly units with one end of a cable connected to a connector terminal connected to a connector at said panel board side and another end of said cable connected to said separate operating components, wherein a length of a cable of each assembly unit for each operating component group of operating components having the same form is made longer than a maximum distance from a connector to which an operating component group is to be connected on said panel board side and a mounting position of said operating component group on said front panel, thereby enabling selection of a mounting position onto said front panel of operating components having the same form.