Patent ID: 7304835

Claim:
A mainframe and power supply arrangement comprising a mainframe, a circuit module, and a power supply unit, wherein: said mainframe comprises a base frame, an accommodating chamber defined in said base frame, two side panels at two opposite lateral sides of said accommodating chamber, two sliding grooves respectively formed at said side panels and facing said accommodating chamber, a DC power jack mounted in said base frame and extended to the outside of said mainframe, and a plurality of connector modules mounted in said base frame and electrically connected to said DC power jack, said connector modules each having a connecting portion positioned in said accommodating chamber; said circuit module is detachably mounted in said mainframe, comprising a sliding carrier insertable into said accommodating chamber, said sliding carrier comprising two sliding rails symmetrically disposed at two opposite lateral sides thereof and respectively insertable into the sliding grooves at said side panels of said mainframe, and a circuit board detachably mounted on said sliding carrier, said circuit board comprising a plurality of connectors respectively electrically connectable to the connecting portions of said connector module, and a electric power distribution module for receiving DC power supply from said DC power jack through said connector modules; said power supply unit is provided outside said mainframe and electrically connectable to said DC power jack and adapted to convert AC power supply into DC power supply for said electric power distribution module.