Circuit board guide and interfitting device to eliminate floating cables

Claim 1

A circuit board guide and interfitting device, comprising: a. a block having a generally rectangular body including a top, a bottom, a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a rear and a front; b. said first sidewall including a lower channel which extends into the body and a generally parallel and spaced apart upper channel which extends into the body; c. said second sidewall including a lower channel which extends into the body and a generally parallel and spaced apart upper channel which extends into the body; d. the lower channel in the first sidewall aligned with and parallel to the lower channel in the second sidewall and the upper channel in the first sidewall aligned with parallel to the upper channel in the second sidewall; e. the lower channel and the upper channel in the first sidewall separated by a predetermined distance and the lower channel and the upper channel in the second sidewall separated by the same distance; f. a fixed stop means located adjacent the rear and extending transversely from the first sidewall to the second sidewall and through both lower channels; g. a movable stop means spaced apart from said fixed stop means and extending transversely from the first sidewall to the second sidewall through a transverse opening in the block and further extending through both lower channels; h. a first printed circuit board; i. a second printed circuit board including a connecting member; j. a mounting board; and k. means for attaching said block to said mounting board;

Claim 10

A system for testing computer drives, comprising: a. a pair of circuit board guide and interfitting devices, each circuit board guide and interfitting device further comprising, (i) a block having a generally rectangular body including a top, a bottom, a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a rear and a front; (ii) said first sidewall including a lower channel which extends into the body and a generally parallel and spaced apart upper channel which extends into the body; (iii) said second sidewall including a lower channel which extends into the body and a generally parallel and spaced apart upper channel which extends into the body; (iv) the lower channel in the first sidewall aligned with and parallel to the lower channel in the second sidewall and the upper channel in the first sidewall aligned with parallel to the upper channel in the second sidewall; (v) the lower channel and the upper channel in the first sidewall separated by a predetermined distance and the lower channel and the upper channel in the second sidewall separated by the same distance; (vi) a fixed stop means located adjacent the rear and extending transversely from the first sidewall to the second sidewall and through both lower channels; (vii) a movable stop means spaced apart from said fixed stop means and extending transversely from the first sidewall to the second sidewall through a transverse opening in the block and further extending through both lower channels; (viii) means for attaching said block to a mounting board; b. a test printed circuit board having oppositely disposed side edges and a connecting member along its front edge; c. an interface printed circuit board having oppositely disposed side edges and a connecting member along its rear edge and a pair of spaced apart edge connectors affixed along its front edge; d. a mounting board; and e. a computer drive having a pair of spaced apart connectors spaced apart to correspond to the pair of edge connectors; f. whereby the blocks of said pair of circuit board guide and interfitting devices, are attached at spaced apart locations on said mounting board such that after said movable stop means of each block is moved away from the lower channel of the second sidewall and the corresponding parallel lower channel of the first sidewall of the respective blocks, the oppositely disposed edges of the test printed circuit board are slid into the corresponding lower channels and the movable stop means thereafter replaced thereby retaining the edges of the test printed circuit board in the two lower channels between the fixed stop means and the movable stop means of each block, the connecting member of the test printed circuit board resting adjacent the front of the blocks and the connecting member aligned with the respective upper channel of the second sidewall and the upper channel of the first sidewall of the blocks such that the edges of the interface printed circuit board are slid into the two upper channels such that the connecting member of the interface printed circuit board is engaged into the connecting member of the test printed circuit board and the two edge connectors of the interface printed circuit board are aligned to receive the connectors of the computer drive.

Claim 11

A system for testing computer drives, comprising: a. a pair of circuit board guide and interfitting devices, each circuit board guide and interfitting device further comprising, (i) a block having a generally rectangular body including a top, a bottom, a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a rear and a front; (ii) said first sidewall including a lower channel which extends into the body and a generally parallel and spaced apart upper channel which extends into the body; (iii) said second sidewall including a lower channel which extends into the body and a generally parallel and spaced apart upper channel which extends into the body; (iv) the lower channel in the first sidewall aligned with and parallel to the lower channel in the second sidewall and the upper channel in the first sidewall aligned with parallel to the upper channel in the second sidewall; (v) the lower channel and the upper channel in the first sidewall separated by a predetermined distance and the lower channel and the upper channel in the second sidewall separated by the same distance; (vi) a fixed stop means located adjacent the rear and extending transversely from the first sidewall to the second sidewall and through both lower channels; (vii) a movable stop means spaced apart from said fixed stop means and extending transversely from the first sidewall to the second sidewall through a transverse opening in the block and further extending through both lower channels; (viii) means for attaching said block to a mounting board; b. a test printed circuit board having oppositely disposed side edges and a connecting member along its front edge; c. an interface printed circuit board having oppositely disposed side edges and a connecting member along its rear edge and a pair of spaced apart edge connectors affixed along its front edge; d. a mounting board; and e. a computer drive having a pair of spaced apart connectors spaced apart to correspond to the pair of edge connectors; f. whereby the blocks of said pair of circuit board guide and interfitting devices, are attached at spaced apart locations on said mounting board such that after said movable stop means of each block is moved away from the lower channel of the second sidewall and the corresponding parallel lower channel of the first sidewall of the respective blocks, the oppositely disposed edges of the test printed circuit board are slid into the corresponding lower channels and the movable stop means thereafter replaced thereby retaining the edges of the test printed circuit board in the two lower channels between the fixed stop means and the movable stop means of each block, the connecting member of the test printed circuit board resting adjacent the front of the blocks and the connecting member aligned with the respective upper channel of the second sidewall and the upper channel of the first sidewall of the blocks such that the edges of the interface printed circuit board are slid into the two upper channels such that the connecting member of the interface printed circuit board is engaged into the connecting member of the test printed circuit board and the two edge connectors of the interface printed circuit board are aligned to receive the connectors of the computer drive.

Claim 12

A system for testing computer drives, comprising: a. a pair of circuit board guide and interfitting devices, each circuit board guide and interfitting device further comprising, (i) a block having a generally rectangular body including a top, a bottom, a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a rear and a front; (ii) a pair of generally parallel spaced apart channel means in said first sidewall and a second pair of parallel spaced apart channel means in said second sidewall with each channel means configured to receive an edge of a printed circuit board; (iii) one of each pair of channel means in each sidewall aligned with a corresponding channel means; (iv) means for attaching said block to a mounting board; b. a test printed circuit board having oppositely disposed side edges and connecting means along its front edge; c. an interface printed circuit board having oppositely disposed side edges and connecting means along its rear edge and a pair of spaced apart edge connectors affixed along its front edge; d. a mounting board; and e. a computer drive having a pair of spaced apart connectors spaced apart to correspond to the pair of edge connectors; f. whereby the blocks of said pair of circuit board guide and interfitting devices are attached at spaced apart locations on said mounting board such that the oppositely disposed side edges of the test printed circuit board are received and retained in corresponding oppositely disposed channel means and the oppositely disposed side edges of the interface printed circuit board are received and retained in the second two corresponding oppositely disposed channel means in the same sidewalls of the blocks and the pair of spaced apart channel means in each sidewall are separated by a predetermined distance permitting the connecting means of the test printed circuit board and the interface printed circuit board to be interconnected and the two edge connectors of the interface printed circuit board are aligned to receive the connectors of the computer drive.

Claim 13

A system for testing computer drives, comprising: a. a pair of circuit board guide and interfitting devices, each circuit board guide and interfitting device further comprising, (i) a block having a generally rectangular body including a top, a bottom, a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a rear and a front; (ii) a pair of generally parallel spaced apart channel means in said first sidewall and a second pair of parallel spaced apart channel means in said second sidewall with each channel means configured to receive an edge of a printed circuit board; (iii) one of each pair of channel means in each sidewall aligned with a corresponding channel means; (iv) means for attaching said block to a mounting board; b. a test printed circuit board having oppositely disposed side edges and connecting means along its front edge; c. an interface printed circuit board having oppositely disposed side edges and connecting means along its rear edge and a pair of spaced apart edge connectors affixed along its front edge; d. a mounting board; and e. a computer drive having a pair of spaced apart connectors spaced apart to correspond to the pair of edge connectors; f. whereby the blocks of said pair of circuit board guide and interfitting devices are attached at spaced apart locations on said mounting board such that the oppositely disposed side edges of the test printed circuit board are received and retained in corresponding oppositely disposed channel means and the oppositely disposed side edges of the interface printed circuit board are received and retained in the second two corresponding oppositely disposed channel means in the same sidewalls of the blocks and the pair of spaced apart channel means in each sidewall are separated by a predetermined distance permitting the connecting means of the test printed circuit board and the interface printed circuit board to be interconnected and the two edge connectors of the interface printed circuit board are aligned to receive the connectors of the computer drive.