Patent ID: 6782617
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: H01R,H02B,H02G,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of assembling electrical equipment in a chassis box using front-mounting electrical components, said method comprising the steps of:a. providing a front-mounting electrical component having a body and a retaining shoulder at an outside end region of said body and with electrical terminals extending from an inside end region of the body; b. forming an electrical component retaining plate sized to attach to an inside surface of a selected wall of said chassis box, said plate having a front surface and a back surface and being formed having a cutout sized for receiving the body of said front-mounting electrical component; c. inserting the body of said front-mounting electrical component into said plate cutout from the front side of the plate so as to install the electrical component in said plate with said electrical terminals projecting from the back surface of the plate; d. making a cutout in said selected wall of said chassis box, said wall cutout being sized to receive said electrical component retaining shoulder and being located to match said plate cutout; and e. attaching said plate to said selected chassis box selected wall with the front surface of said plate against the inside surface of said selected chassis box wall and with the shoulder of said electrical component installed in said plate extending into said wall cutout.