US 12,442,670 B2
Rigid mounting connector
Bradley DeCook, Victor, NY (US)
Assigned to Poseidon Systems, LLC, Victor, NY (US)
Appl. No. 18/032,974
Filed by ITT Manufacturing Enterprises LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 28, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/057651
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 20, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/093209, PCT Pub. Date May 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0400335 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. G01D 11/30 (2006.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01)
CPC G01D 11/30 (2013.01) [H05K 1/18 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10151 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10409 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rigid mounting connector to connect a monitoring device to a piece of equipment, the rigid mounting connector comprising:
a base; and
a column, wherein the column includes walls which define a bolt opening through the length of the column, the bolt opening is tubular in shape and configured to receive a threaded end of a bolt within the bolt opening, the column is configured to receive a bolt head of the bolt, wherein the base extends axially from and is attached to outside walls of the column such that a length of the column is perpendicular to the base and the column is at a center of the base, wherein the base includes cylinders positioned on a circle concentric to a center of the bolt opening, walls of each of the cylinders define a screw channel with an opening on a top side of each cylinder, each screw channel is configured to receive a screw to fasten at least one printed circuit board assembly to a top side of the base, and the base includes footings which protrude out from a bottom side of each cylinder.