| CPC H05K 7/1489 (2013.01) [H05K 7/20727 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |
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1. A cartridge module mounting system comprising a carrier attachable to one or more electronic devices, the carrier including an elongated body having a first longitudinal side and a second longitudinal side opposite the first longitudinal side, a pin bore defined in the elongated body along a longitudinal axis of the elongated body, and one or more drive mounting holes defined through the elongated body lateral to the longitudinal axis and offset with the pin bore; wherein the pin bore being configured to receive an alignment pin affixed to a printed circuit board; wherein the pin bore of the carrier including a first bore section having a first diameter or width, and a second bore section having a second diameter or width greater than the first diameter or width, the second bore section being adjacent the first bore section and an open end of the carrier; and wherein the drive mounting holes being configured for receiving a fastener therethrough to secure an electronic device to the second longitudinal side so that the electronic device is entirely extending away from the second longitudinal side of the carrier in a direction opposite the first longitudinal side.
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15. A cartridge module mounting system comprising:
one or more alignment pins affixable to a printed circuit board; and
one or more carriers attachable to one or more electronic devices, the carriers each including an elongated body having a first longitudinal side and a second longitudinal side opposite the first longitudinal side, a pin bore defined in the body along a longitudinal axis of the body, and one or more drive mounting holes defined through the body lateral to the longitudinal axis and offset with the pin bore;
wherein the pin bore being configured to receive at least one of the alignment pins thereby removably connecting the electronic devices to the printed circuit board so that a space is defined between adjacent electronic devices;
wherein the pin bore of the carrier including a first bore section having a first diameter or width, and a second bore section having a second diameter or width greater than the first diameter or width, the second bore section being adjacent the first bore section and an open end of the carrier;
wherein the drive mounting holes being configured for receiving a fastener therethrough to secure the electronic devices to the second longitudinal side so that the electronic devices are entirely extending away from the second longitudinal side of the carrier in a direction opposite the first longitudinal side.
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17. A method of mounting a cartridge module to a printed circuit board using a cartridge module mounting system, the method comprising the steps of:
a) attaching a second longitudinal side of an elongated body of a carrier to one or more electronic devices utilizing a fastener through one or more drive mounting holes defined through the elongated body lateral to a longitudinal axis of the elongated body, wherein the carrier comprising a pin bore defined in the elongated body along the longitudinal axis of the elongated body, wherein the drive mounting holes are offset with the pin bore, and wherein the pin bore of the carrier including a first bore section having a first diameter or width, and a second bore section having a second diameter or width greater than the first diameter or width, the second bore section being adjacent the first bore section and an open end of the carrier; and
b) mounting the electronic devices to the printed circuit board by sliding the carrier onto an alignment pin affixed to the printed circuit board so that the alignment pin is received in the pin bore defined in the carrier and so that the electronic devices are entirely extending away from the second longitudinal side of the carrier in a direction opposite a first longitudinal side of the elongated body.
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