Patent ID: 7217144
Filing Date: 2007-05-15
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An arrangement facilitating the connection of external electrical and electronic devices to electronic equipment which is located in a containment structure; said arrangement comprising: a sliding connector drawer mounted for displacement between a retracted position and outwardly extended positions relative to said containment structure; at least one component of said sliding connector drawer providing for at least one operative connection between said external electrical and electronic devices and cable connectors of said electronic equipment interiorly of said containment structure, said component of said sliding connector drawer including a first plurality of connectors on an outwardly facing drawer surface relative to said containment structure facilitating the operative connection of a plurality of external electrical and electronic devices to said electronic equipment, said first plurality of connectors being accessible in a retracted or partially extended position of said sliding connector drawer from said containment structure, a further plurality of connectors on said sliding connector drawer being accessible in a fully extended position of said sliding connector drawer from said containment structure, said further row of said connectors being mounted on an upwardly tiltable portion of said sliding connector drawer so as to be accessible for connection to external electrical and electronic devices in the fully extended position of said sliding connector drawer, and wherein said tiltable portion of the sliding connector drawer is spring-biased upwardly in the fully extended position of said sliding connector drawer so as to cause said further row of connectors to assume an upward and forward angled position facilitating access thereto from the exterior of said containment structure.