Patent ID: 6123578
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
Means for mounting manipulating devices, having both mechanical positioning and electrical connection portions, in operative position on an apparatus while permitting fast and easy servicing, removal and replacement without invalidating a previous precise positioning thereof which comprises:an outer enclosure adapted to receive and position a manipulating device having an operating end and an electrical connection end in a precise position therein;mounting means fixing said outer enclosure in a precise position on an apparatus;said outer enclosure having fixed internal locating means precisely positioning the operating end of a manipulating device in said outer enclosure;said outer enclosure having means adjacent the electrical end of the manipulating device positioned in said outer enclosure, to cooperatively mechanically position and secure the manipulating device therein when a single connector means, having an electrical contact portion mating with an electrical connection portion of the manipulating device and a mechanical contact portion to operatively engage with said means to cooperatively mechanically position and secure the manipulating device in said outer enclosure, is connected thereto;whereby when said outer enclosure is fixed in position the manipulating device may be installed mechanically and connected electrically in a precise operative position on an apparatus and then removed and replaced in the precise same position by operation of a single connector.