| US 7,515,433 B2 | ||
| Method and apparatus for progressively connecting a controller to an external circuit of a building | ||
| Eugene R. Jornod, Roscoe, Ill. (US); and Gerald R. Parsons, Caledonia, Ill. (US) | ||
| Assigned to TAC, LLC, Loves Park, Ill. (US) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 17, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/205,395. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/602062, filed on Aug. 17, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0039125 A1, Feb. 23, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. H05K 5/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 361—756 [361/807; 361/810] | 22 Claims |
| 1. An apparatus comprising:
a controller including a connection element;
a circuit card defining a card plane and having a mating connection element configured for engagement with the connection
element of the controller along a connection axis extending substantially parallel to the card plane; and
a receiver, slidingly supporting the circuit card, positioning the controller with respect to the card plane, and guiding
the circuit card in such a manner that the mating connection element of the circuit card moves substantially along the connection
axis between an engaged and a disengaged position of the connection element and mating connection element as the circuit card
is slidingly moved with respect to both the receiver and controller while being supported by the receiver.
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