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- My invention relates to the manufacture of electrical apparatus comprising a plurality of different interconnected elements or parts, and has for its principal object the provision of an improved arrangement of parts and a method of assembly whereby the connections between such parts may be readily completed.
- Fig. 1 illustrates a member upon which a plurality of connections have been assembled in accordance with my invention
- Fig. 2 illustrates a bottom view of a radio apparatus wherein my invention has been embodied
- Fig. 3 is a wiring diagram of this apparatus.
- Fig. 1 illustrates a member I, which in the specific embodiment of my invention herein shown and described is an insulation member, upon which are mounted a plurality of conductors provided with terminals 2 to I9 and 59 to 6
- the apparatus comprises a metal casing 24 upon the under surface of which are supported the member I, a pair of coupling transformers 25 and 26, a fixed condenser 2'l, and various other parts which are diagrammatically shown in Fig. 3.
- Power is supplied to the apparatus through a cable 28, and the operation of the apparatus is controlled by means of knobs 29, 30, 3I and 32.
- the apparatus comprises an antenna 33 and a receiver 34 which are interconnected through an amplifying and detecting arrangement comprising a coupling transformer 35, a space discharge device 36, a coupling transformer 31, a space discharge device 38, the coupling transformer 26, a space discharge device 39, the coupling transformer 25 and a space discharge device 40.
- the cable 28 comprises a plurality of conductors 4
- the sockets of the space discharge devices 36, 38, 33 and 40, the transformers 25 and 26, the condenser 21 and various other parts are mounted within the casing 24 as indicated in Fig. 2;
- , 43, 45 and 41 are connected respectively to a secondary terminal of the transformer 25, to a primary terminal of the transformer 25, to a secondary terminal of the transformer 26 and to ground at 48;
- the conductors 49, 50 and 53 are connected to the socket terminals of the devices 36 and 3B;
- the insulation member I is attached to the casing 24 by means of bolts extending through the openings 22 and 23;
- the cable conductors 42, 44 and 46 are attached to different conductors supported on the insulation member I; and
- are connected to the various parts as indicated in Figs.
- an insulation mem-' ber arranged to insulate and support a plurality of conductors with their terminals adjacent the parts to which they are to be connected greatly facilitates the assembly of an apparatus comprising many parts which have to be interconnected with one another. While my invention has been illustrated and described as applied to a radio receiving apparatus, it will be apparent that it may be applied to many different types of electrical apparatus.
- a radio apparatus including a supporting member and a plurality of parts of said apparatus, a pre-assembled wiring unit for interconnecting said parts, said wiring unit including a perforated insulation member and a plurality of conductors threaded through the perforations of said member and supported by said member, means to assemble said parts in predetermined positions on said supporting member in the absence of said wiring unit, and means to secure said wiring unit in operative position on said assembled apparatus parts and supporting member, the terminals of said conductors being adjacent the terminals of those of said parts to which said conductors are to be connected.
- an electrical apparatus including a supporting member and a plurality of parts of said apparatus, a pre-assembled wiring unit for interconnecting said parts of said apparatus, said wiring unit including a perforated insulation member and a plurality of conductors each threaded through a different perforation and supported by said insulation member, means to assemble said parts in predetermined positions on said supporting member in the absence of said wiring unit, and means to secure said wiring unit in operative position on said assembled apparatus parts and supporting member, the terminals of said conductors being adjacent the terminals of those of said parts to which said conductors are to be connected.
- a wiring unit for instrument panels having a series of terminals projecting from one face thereof, comprising a sheet of insulating material and a plurality of conductor wires fastened to said sheet in insulated relationship to each other, said wires being provided with connector portions positioned to engage selected terminals, said sheet supporting and maintaining said wires in fixed relationship to one another so that the unit may be placed on and removed from the instrument panel without disarrangement of the conductor Wires.
- an electrical apparatus including a supporting member and a plurality of parts, a pre-assembled wiring unit, means to assemble said parts in predetermined positions on said supporting member in the absence of said wiring unit, and means to secure said wiring unit in operative position on said assembled apparatus parts and supporting member, said unit comprising a base of insulating material having openings therein, a plurality of conductors threaded through said openings and supported by said base, connector portions at the ends of. said conductors, and means for maintaining said conductors on said base so that said connector portions extend beyond said base at predetermined positions.
- an electrical apparatus having a supporting member and a plurality of parts of said apparatus, a pre-assembled wiring unit for interconnecting said parts, means to assemble said parts in predetermined positions on said supporting member in the absence of said wiring unit, and means to secure said unit in operative position on said assembled apparatus parts and supporting member, said wiring unit comprising a sheet of insulating material, openings in said sheet, and a plurality of conductors threaded through said openings from one side to the other of the sheet to maintain said conductors in insulated and spaced relationship.
- a wiring unit for electrical apparatus comprising a sheet of insulating material, a conductor supported on said sheet, a second conductor supported on said sheet in a position such that it will cross the first mentioned conductor, and openings in said sheet, said second conductor being threaded through said openings so that it is on the opposite, side of said sheet from the first conductor at the point where said conductors cross.
- a radio apparatus including a supporting member and a plurality of parts of said apparatus, a pre-assembled wiring unit for interconnecting said parts of said apparatus, means to assemble said parts in predetermined positions on said supporting member in the absence of said wiring unit, and means to secure said unit in operative position on said assembled apparatus parts and supporting member, said unit including a perforated member, and a plurality of conductors threaded through the perforations of said member and supported by said member in insulating relation therewith with their terminals adjacent the terminals of those of. said parts to which said conductors are to be connected.
- an electrical apparatus including a supporting member and a plurality of parts of said apparatus, a pre-assembled wiring unit for interconnecting said parts of said apparatus, means to assemble said parts in predetermined positions on said supporting member in the absence of said wiring unit, and means to secure said unit in operative position on said assembled apparatus parts and supporting member, said wiring unit including a perforated member and a plurality of conductors in insulating relation therewith, each of said conductors being supported by said perforated member by being threaded through a different perforation, each conductor being supported by said member with its terminals adjacent the terminals of those of said parts to which said conductors are to be connected.
- a wiring unit for an instrument panel having a series of terminals projecting from one face thereof comprising a supporting sheet and a plurality of conductor wires in insulated relationship to each other and fastened substantially throughout their lengths to said sheet by being threaded through openings formed in said sheet, selected terminals of said series being connected to said panel in predetermined relation thereto in the absence of said wiring unit, said wires being provided with connector portions respectively positioned to engage the corresponding selected terminals of said series, said sheet thereby supporting and maintaining said wires in fixed relationship to one another so that the unit may be placed on and removed from the instrument panel without disarrangement of the conductor wires.
- a wiring unit for an instrument panel having a series of terminals projecting from one face thereof comprising a supporting member and a plurality of conductor wires in insulated relationship to each other, said wires being fastened substantially throughout their lengths to said member by being threaded through perforations formed in said member, selected terminals of said series being connected to said panel in predetermined relation thereto in the absence of said wiring unit, said wires being provided with connector portions respectively positioned to engage the corresponding selected terminals of. said series, whereby said supporting member supports and maintains said wires in fixed relationship so that the unit may be placed on and removed from the instrument panel without disarrangement of the conductor wires.
- a wiring unit for electrical apparatus comprising a sheet of, material, a conductor supported on said sheet in insulating relation therewith, a
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Dec. 29, 1936. H. VAN BILLIARD 20,224
ASSEMBLY OF ELECTRICAL APPARATUS Original Filed July 1, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Invent or Lewis Van Bflliard His Attorneg.
Dec. 29, 1936. VAN BILLlARD Re. 20,224
ASSEMBLY OF ELECTRICAL APPARATUS Original Filed July 1, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor'- Lewi5 H.Van Billiard His Attohneg.
Reissued Dec. 29, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Lewis B. Van Billiard, Bridgeport, Conn., assignor to General Electric Company, a corporation of New York Original No. 1,938,410, dated December 5, 1933,
Serial No. 202,970, July 1, 1927.
Application for reissue August 16, 1934, Serial No. 740,146
13 Claims.
My invention relates to the manufacture of electrical apparatus comprising a plurality of different interconnected elements or parts, and has for its principal object the provision of an improved arrangement of parts and a method of assembly whereby the connections between such parts may be readily completed.
In assembling of electrical apparatus, such as a radio device for example, much labor is often consumed in arranging and completing the connections between the different parts of the apparatus. In accordance with my invention, this difllculty is avoided by mounting the connections upon a sheet or member so that they are insulated from one another and are readily attached to the temiinals of the various parts.
My invention will be better understood from the following description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings and its scope will be pointed out in the appended claims.
Referring to the drawings, Fig. 1 illustrates a member upon which a plurality of connections have been assembled in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 illustrates a bottom view of a radio apparatus wherein my invention has been embodied; and Fig. 3 is a wiring diagram of this apparatus.
Fig. 1 illustrates a member I, which in the specific embodiment of my invention herein shown and described is an insulation member, upon which are mounted a plurality of conductors provided with terminals 2 to I9 and 59 to 6| .arranged to be readily connected with different parts of the apparatus illustrated by Fig. 2. It will be noted that resistor elements 20 and 2|, and condensers 5| and 56 are mounted on the insulation member I and that this member is provided with openings 22 and 23 whereby it may be attached to and spaced from the casing of the apparatus.
As indicated by Fig. 2, the apparatus comprises a metal casing 24 upon the under surface of which are supported the member I, a pair of coupling transformers 25 and 26, a fixed condenser 2'l, and various other parts which are diagrammatically shown in Fig. 3. Power is supplied to the apparatus through a cable 28, and the operation of the apparatus is controlled by means of knobs 29, 30, 3I and 32.
As shown more clearly by Fig. 3, the apparatus comprises an antenna 33 and a receiver 34 which are interconnected through an amplifying and detecting arrangement comprising a coupling transformer 35, a space discharge device 36, a coupling transformer 31, a space discharge device 38, the coupling transformer 26, a space discharge device 39, the coupling transformer 25 and a space discharge device 40. The cable 28 comprises a plurality of conductors 4| to 41 through which power is supplied to the A, B and C circuits of the apparatus from any suitable source.
In assembling the apparatus, the sockets of the space discharge devices 36, 38, 33 and 40, the transformers 25 and 26, the condenser 21 and various other parts are mounted within the casing 24 as indicated in Fig. 2; the cable conductors 4|, 43, 45 and 41 are connected respectively to a secondary terminal of the transformer 25, to a primary terminal of the transformer 25, to a secondary terminal of the transformer 26 and to ground at 48; the conductors 49, 50 and 53 are connected to the socket terminals of the devices 36 and 3B; the insulation member I is attached to the casing 24 by means of bolts extending through the openings 22 and 23; the cable conductors 42, 44 and 46 are attached to different conductors supported on the insulation member I; and the terminals 2 to I9 and 59 to 6| are connected to the various parts as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3. It will be noted tha the various conductors supported on the insulation member I are threaded back and forth through openings in this member so that they are insulated from one another and have their terminals each located at a point adjacent the point of its connection to the apparatus when the member I is attached to the casing 24.
As will be readily undersood from the foregoing description, the use of an insulation mem-' ber arranged to insulate and support a plurality of conductors with their terminals adjacent the parts to which they are to be connected greatly facilitates the assembly of an apparatus comprising many parts which have to be interconnected with one another. While my invention has been illustrated and described as applied to a radio receiving apparatus, it will be apparent that it may be applied to many different types of electrical apparatus.
The embodiment of the invention illustrated and described herein has been selected for the purpose of clearly setting forth the principles involved. It will be apparent, however, that the invention is susceptible of being modified to meet the different conditions encountered in its use and I therefore aim to cover by the appended claims all modifications within the true spirit and scope of my invention.
What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:
1. The combination ofv a radio apparatus including a supporting member and a plurality of parts of said apparatus, a pre-assembled wiring unit for interconnecting said parts, said wiring unit including a perforated insulation member and a plurality of conductors threaded through the perforations of said member and supported by said member, means to assemble said parts in predetermined positions on said supporting member in the absence of said wiring unit, and means to secure said wiring unit in operative position on said assembled apparatus parts and supporting member, the terminals of said conductors being adjacent the terminals of those of said parts to which said conductors are to be connected.
2. The combination of an electrical apparatus including a supporting member and a plurality of parts of said apparatus, a pre-assembled wiring unit for interconnecting said parts of said apparatus, said wiring unit including a perforated insulation member and a plurality of conductors each threaded through a different perforation and supported by said insulation member, means to assemble said parts in predetermined positions on said supporting member in the absence of said wiring unit, and means to secure said wiring unit in operative position on said assembled apparatus parts and supporting member, the terminals of said conductors being adjacent the terminals of those of said parts to which said conductors are to be connected.
3. A wiring unit for instrument panels having a series of terminals projecting from one face thereof, comprising a sheet of insulating material and a plurality of conductor wires fastened to said sheet in insulated relationship to each other, said wires being provided with connector portions positioned to engage selected terminals, said sheet supporting and maintaining said wires in fixed relationship to one another so that the unit may be placed on and removed from the instrument panel without disarrangement of the conductor Wires.
4. The combination of an electrical apparatus including a supporting member and a plurality of parts, a pre-assembled wiring unit, means to assemble said parts in predetermined positions on said supporting member in the absence of said wiring unit, and means to secure said wiring unit in operative position on said assembled apparatus parts and supporting member, said unit comprising a base of insulating material having openings therein, a plurality of conductors threaded through said openings and supported by said base, connector portions at the ends of. said conductors, and means for maintaining said conductors on said base so that said connector portions extend beyond said base at predetermined positions.
5. The combination of an electrical apparatus having a supporting member and a plurality of parts of said apparatus, a pre-assembled wiring unit for interconnecting said parts, means to assemble said parts in predetermined positions on said supporting member in the absence of said wiring unit, and means to secure said unit in operative position on said assembled apparatus parts and supporting member, said wiring unit comprising a sheet of insulating material, openings in said sheet, and a plurality of conductors threaded through said openings from one side to the other of the sheet to maintain said conductors in insulated and spaced relationship.
6. A wiring unit for electrical apparatus, comprising a sheet of insulating material, a conductor supported on said sheet, a second conductor supported on said sheet in a position such that it will cross the first mentioned conductor, and openings in said sheet, said second conductor being threaded through said openings so that it is on the opposite, side of said sheet from the first conductor at the point where said conductors cross.
'7. The combination of a radio apparatus including a supporting member and a plurality of parts of said apparatus, a pre-assembled wiring unit for interconnecting said parts of said apparatus, means to assemble said parts in predetermined positions on said supporting member in the absence of said wiring unit, and means to secure said unit in operative position on said assembled apparatus parts and supporting member, said unit including a perforated member, and a plurality of conductors threaded through the perforations of said member and supported by said member in insulating relation therewith with their terminals adjacent the terminals of those of. said parts to which said conductors are to be connected.
8. The combination of an electrical apparatus including a supporting member and a plurality of parts of said apparatus, a pre-assembled wiring unit for interconnecting said parts of said apparatus, means to assemble said parts in predetermined positions on said supporting member in the absence of said wiring unit, and means to secure said unit in operative position on said assembled apparatus parts and supporting member, said wiring unit including a perforated member and a plurality of conductors in insulating relation therewith, each of said conductors being supported by said perforated member by being threaded through a different perforation, each conductor being supported by said member with its terminals adjacent the terminals of those of said parts to which said conductors are to be connected.
9. A wiring unit for an instrument panel having a series of terminals projecting from one face thereof, comprising a supporting sheet and a plurality of conductor wires in insulated relationship to each other and fastened substantially throughout their lengths to said sheet by being threaded through openings formed in said sheet, selected terminals of said series being connected to said panel in predetermined relation thereto in the absence of said wiring unit, said wires being provided with connector portions respectively positioned to engage the corresponding selected terminals of said series, said sheet thereby supporting and maintaining said wires in fixed relationship to one another so that the unit may be placed on and removed from the instrument panel without disarrangement of the conductor wires.
10. A wiring unit for an instrument panel having a series of terminals projecting from one face thereof, comprising a supporting member and a plurality of conductor wires in insulated relationship to each other, said wires being fastened substantially throughout their lengths to said member by being threaded through perforations formed in said member, selected terminals of said series being connected to said panel in predetermined relation thereto in the absence of said wiring unit, said wires being provided with connector portions respectively positioned to engage the corresponding selected terminals of. said series, whereby said supporting member supports and maintains said wires in fixed relationship so that the unit may be placed on and removed from the instrument panel without disarrangement of the conductor wires.
11. The combination with an electrical apparat-us including a supporting member and a plurality of parts 'mounted in predetermined positions on said member and having a plurality of terminals to be interconnected in a predetermined manner, of a pre-assembled wiring unit for interconnecting said parts, said wiring unit comprising a base, a plurality of conductors in insulating relation with said base and fastened throughout their length closely adjacent said base by being threaded through perforations formed in said base, connector portions at the ends of said conductors and means for maintaining said conductors on said base so that said connector portions extend beyond said base at predetermined positions.
12. The combination with an electrical apparatus including a supporting member and a plurality oi parts mounted in predetermined positions on said member, of a pre-assembled wiring unit for interconnecting said parts, said wiring unit comprising a sheet of material, openings in said sheet, and a plurality of conductors supported on said sheet in insulating relation therewith and threaded through said openings from one side to the other of the sheet, said conductors extending closely adjacent one side 01 said sheet for predetermined distances and after being threaded through the corresponding openings extending closely adjacent the other side of the sheet for predetermined distances, thereby to maintain said conductors in a desired relationship.
13. A wiring unit for electrical apparatus comprising a sheet of, material, a conductor supported on said sheet in insulating relation therewith, a
second conductor supported on said sheet in insulating relation therewith in a position such that it will cross the first mentioned conductor, and openings in said sheet, said second conductor being threaded through said openings so that it is on the opposite side of said sheet from the first conductor at the point where said conductors CIOSS.
LEWIS H. VAN BILLIARD.
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| US2567740A (en) * | 1950-05-04 | 1951-09-11 | Gen Electric | Channel bracing and intersecting wiring trough system for switchboards |
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| US2823354A (en) * | 1952-05-22 | 1958-02-11 | Underwood Corp | Electrical delay line assemblage |
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| US2493199A (en) * | 1947-08-15 | 1950-01-03 | Globe Union Inc | Electric circuit component |
| US2448760A (en) * | 1947-10-23 | 1948-09-07 | Ibm | Woven sensing grids for perforated records |
| US2448761A (en) * | 1947-10-23 | 1948-09-07 | Ibm | Circuit bearing element |
| US2633526A (en) * | 1949-05-13 | 1953-03-31 | Sylvania Electric Prod | Electrical circuit apparatus |
| US2567740A (en) * | 1950-05-04 | 1951-09-11 | Gen Electric | Channel bracing and intersecting wiring trough system for switchboards |
| US2823354A (en) * | 1952-05-22 | 1958-02-11 | Underwood Corp | Electrical delay line assemblage |
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