Patent ID: 7200011

Claim:
A method of selectively assembling a module as either an open frame module or a baseplate module from a conversion kit including a printed circuit board (PCB) having an electric circuit thereon and a first surface and an opposite surface and having at least one row of pins extending out from said first surface proximate to an edge of said PCB for enabling said circuit to be connected to a circuit external to said PCB; at least one non-conductive lead frame having a plurality of holes in a position to enable said lead frame to be positioned on the first surface of said PCB with each said pin extending through a corresponding hole in said lead frame; open frame mounting hardware; baseplate mounting hardware; and a baseplate, said method comprising: selecting said PCB; selecting mounting hardware according to what type of module is desired, wherein said open frame mounting hardware is for assembling said open frame module and said baseplate mounting hardware is for assembling said baseplate module; attaching said at least one lead frame to said selected PCB using said selected mounting hardware; and attaching said baseplate to said opposite surface of said selected PCB if said desired type of module is said baseplate module.