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An electronic system and a method of disengaging a power supply unit from an electronic device Download PDF

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GB2520237A
GB2520237A GB1316373.8A GB201316373A GB2520237A GB 2520237 A GB2520237 A GB 2520237A GB 201316373 A GB201316373 A GB 201316373A GB 2520237 A GB2520237 A GB 2520237A
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Louis Della-Porta
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Calrec Audio Ltd
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
    • H05K7/00—Constructional details common to different types of electric apparatus
    • H05K7/14—Mounting supporting structure in casing or on frame or rack
    • H05K7/1422—Printed circuit boards receptacles, e.g. stacked structures, electronic circuit modules or box like frames
    • H05K7/1427—Housings
    • H05K7/1432—Housings specially adapted for power drive units or power converters
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
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    • G06F1/16—Constructional details or arrangements
    • G06F1/18—Packaging or power distribution
    • G06F1/183—Internal mounting support structures, e.g. for printed circuit boards, internal connecting means
    • G06F1/188—Mounting of power supply units
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60L—PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES
    • B60L53/00—Methods of charging batteries, specially adapted for electric vehicles; Charging stations or on-board charging equipment therefor; Exchange of energy storage elements in electric vehicles
    • B60L53/80—Exchanging energy storage elements, e.g. removable batteries
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M50/00—Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the non-active parts of electrochemical cells other than fuel cells, e.g. hybrid cells
    • H01M50/20—Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E60/00—Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
    • Y02E60/10—Energy storage using batteries
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
    • Y02T10/00—Road transport of goods or passengers
    • Y02T10/60—Other road transportation technologies with climate change mitigation effect
    • Y02T10/70—Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
    • Y02T10/00—Road transport of goods or passengers
    • Y02T10/60—Other road transportation technologies with climate change mitigation effect
    • Y02T10/7072—Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors

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Abstract

An electronic system comprising an electronic device and a power supply unit (PSU) 11 for the electronic device; the electronic device comprising a wall, the wall comprising a recess 5 for receiving the PSU, the recess comprising a top edge 6, a bottom edge 7 and first and second side edges, one of the bottom edge and first and second side edges being open through with the PSU can pass; the top edge comprising at least one first power connector 10 and at least one locating means 12; the PSU comprising top 13 and bottom 14 edges, the top edge 13 comprising at least one second power connector 15 for engagement with the first power connector and at least one locating means 16 for engagement with the first locating means; the locating means and power connectors being arranged such that as the PSU is slid along the recess towards the recess top edge the first and second locating means engage before the power connectors engage; and, as the PSU is slid along the recess in the opposite direction the locating means disengage before the bottom edge of the PSU reaches the bottom edge of the recess. The device may be a mixing desk. The locating means may be pin and aperture. There may be a plurality of power connectors. A fixing means for fixing the PSU in engagement may be provided.

Description

An electronic system and a method of disengaging a power supply unit from an electronic device The present invention relates to an electronic system. More particularly but not exclusively the present invention relates to an electronic system comprising an electronic device and a power supply unit (PSU). The PSU is adapted to be received in a recess in the electronic device, the recess having at least one open edge through which the PSU can be received. The present invention also relates to a method of disengaging a PSU from an electronic device. More particularly, but not exclusively, the present invention relates to a method of removing a PSU from an electronic device comprising the steps of sliding the PSU along a recess in the PSU until the power connectors disengage and then either removing the PSU vertically from the recess or through the open edge.
Mixing desks are often heavy items and once arranged in position it is desired not to have to move them again. They are typically provided with one or more detachable power supply units (PSU) which can be removed and changed if the PSU fails. If the mixing desk is arranged close to a wall or on a table top it can be difficult to remove the PSU without having to move the mixing desk.
The present invention seeks to overcome the problems of the prior art.
Accordingly, in a tirst aspect, the present invention provides an electronic system comprising an electronic device and a power supply unit (PSU) for the electronic device the electronic device comprising a wall, the wall comprising a recess for receiving the PSU, the recess comprising a top edge, a bottom edge and first and second side edges, one of the bottom edge and first and second side edges being open through with the PSU can pass; the top edge comprising at least one first power connecter and at least one locating means; the PSU comprising top and bottom edges, the top edge comprising at least one second power connector for interengagement with the first power connector and at least one locating means for engagement with the first locating means; the locating means and power connectors being arranged such that as the PSU is slid along the recess towards the recess top edge the first and second locating means interengage before the power connectors interengage; and, as the PSU is slid along the recess in the opposite direction the locating means disengage before the bottom edge of the PSU reaches the bottom edge of the recess.
The PSU can be removed in a number of different ways from the recess. In a first way the PSU can be slid along the recess so that the power connectors disengage and then removed vertically from the recess. Alternatively, It can be slid along the recess and then out through the open edge of the recess. Being able to remove the PSU in two orthogonal directions means that it can often be removed without needing to move the mixing desk, particularly when the mixing desk is arranged against a wall or on a table top.
Preferably, the bottom edge of the recess is open.
Alternatively one of the first and second side edges of the recess is open.
Preferably the electronic device is a mixing desk.
Preferably one of the first and second locating means is a locating pin and the other locating means is a locating aperture.
The electronic system preferably comprises a plurality of first power connectors and a plurality of second power connectors.
Preferably the electronic system comprises a plurality of first locating means and a plurality of second locating means.
The electronic system preferably further comprises a fixing means for fixing the PSU in engagement with the electronic device.
In a further aspect of the invention there is provided a method of disengaging a power supply unit from an electronic device comprising the steps of (a) providing an electronic system as claimed in any one of claims 1 to8 with the power connectors interengaged; (b) sliding the PSU along the recess until the first and second locating means disengage; and, (c) either sliding the PSU through the open edge of the recess or removing the PSLJ normally through the recess.
The present invention will now be described by way of example only and not in any limitative sense with reference to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 shows a mixing desk of an electronic system according to the invention in perspective view from below and behind; Figure 2 shows a power supply unit of an electronic device according to the invention in perspective view; and, Figure 3 shows a method of engagement of the PSU and mixing desk.
Shown in figure 1 is a mixing desk 1 of an electronic system according to the invention. The mixing desk 1 comprises a base 2, a control panel 3 above the base 2 and a rear wall 4. Arranged in the rear wall 4 is a recess 5. The recess 5 comprises a top edge 6, a bottom edge 7 and first and second side edges 8,9. The bottom edge 7 is open as shown.
As shown in more detail in figure 3, the top edge 6 comprises a first power connector through which the mixing desk 1 draws power. The first power connector 10 is typically spring loaded so that it can move slightly when a PSU 11 is engaged with the top edge 6. The top edge 6 also comprises a plurality of locating means 12. In this embodiment the locating means 12 are locating apertures 12.
Shown in figure 2 is a PSU 11 of an electronic system according to the invention in perspective view. The PSU 11 comprises top and bottom edges 13,14. The top edge 13 comprises a second power connector 15 through which the PSU 11 provides power to the mixing desk 1. The first and second power connectors 10,15 are adapted to interengage. The top edge 13 of the PSU 11 further comprises a plurality of second locating means 16. In this embodiment the second locating means 16 are locating pins 16.
Figure 3 shows a method of engagement of the PSU 11 with the mixing desk 1. The PSU 11 is aligned with the recess 5 and then slid through the open bottom edge 7 of the recess 5 along the recess 5 towards the top edge 6 of the recess 5. As the top edge 13 of the PSU 11 approaches the top edge 6 of the recess 5 the locating pins 16 engage with the locating apertures 12 correctly aligning the PSU 11 in the recess 5. As the PSU 11 is urged further towards the top edge 6 of the recess 5 the power connectors 10,15 interengage. Once in place the PSU 11 may be locked in place by a fixing means (not shown).
In order to remove the PSU 11 from the mixing desk 1 the fixing means is removed.
The PSU 11 is then slid along the recess 5 away from the top edge 6 until the first and second power connectors 10,15 disengage. As the PSU 11 is slid further along the recess 5 the locating pins 16 exit the locating apertures 12. The PSU 11 is dimensioned such that at this point the bottom edge 14 of the PSU 11 has not reached the bottom edge 7 of the recess 5.
If the mixing desk 1 is arranged on a table the bottom edge 7 of the recess 5 will be blocked by the table. In this event the PSU 11 can now simply be lifted from the recess 5 and replaced. Alternatively, if the mixing desk 1 is stand mounted and arranged with the rear wall up against a wall the PSU 11 can now simply be slid further along the recess 5 through the open bottom edge 7 and removed.
In an alternative embodiment of the invention (not shown) it is one of the first and second side edges 8,9 which is open. In this embodiment the PSU 11 is removed by firstly sliding the PSU 11 along the recess 5 until the locating pins 16 leave the locating apertures 12. The PSU 11 is then slid sideways out through the open side edge 8,9. This embodiment is of particular use when the mixing desk 1 is arranged both on a table and also up against a wall.
In the shown embodiment both the PSU 11 and mixing desk 1 comprise only one power connector 10,15. In alternative embodiments both mixing desk 1 and PSU 11 may comprise a plurality of power connectors 10,15. Similarly, the electronic system may comprise a plurality of PSU5 11 connected to the mixing desk 1.
The invention has been described with particular reference to a mixing desk 1. It is also suitable for use with other types of electronic device where the electronic device is hard to move once installed, for example because it is heavy or delicate.

Claims (11)

  1. CLAIMSAn electronic system comprising an electronic device and a power supply unit (PSU) for the electronic device the electronic device comprising a wall, the wall comprising a recess for receiving the PSU, the recess comprising a top edge, a bottom edge and first and second side edges, one of the bottom edge and first and second side edges being open through with the PSU can pass; the top edge comprising at least one first power connecter and at least one locating means; the PSU comprising top and bottom edges, the top edge comprising at least one second power connector for interengagement with the first power connector and at least one locating means for engagement with the first locating means; the locating means and power connectors being arranged such that as the PSU is slid along the recess towards the recess top edge the first and second locating means interengage before the power connectors interengage; and, as the PSU is slid along the recess in the opposite direction the locating means disengage before the bottom edge of the PSU reaches the bottom edge of the recess.
  2. 2. An electronic system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bottom edge of the recess is open.
  3. 3. An electronic system as claimed in claim 1, wherein one of the first and second side edges of the recess is open. a
  4. 4. An electronic system as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the electronic device is a mixing desk.
  5. 5. An electronic system as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein one of the first and second locating means is a locating pin and the other locating means is a locating aperture.
  6. 6. An electronic system as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5, comprising a plurality of first power connectors and a plurality of second power connectors.
  7. 7. An electronic system as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6, comprising a plurality of first locating means and a plurality of second locating means.
  8. 8. An electronic system as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 7 further comprising a fixing means for fixing the PSU in engagement with the electronic device.
  9. 9. A method of disengaging a power supply unit from an electronic device comprising the steps of (a) providing an electronic system as claimed in any one of claims 1 to8 with the power connectors interengaged; (b) sliding the PSU along the recess until the first and second locating means disengage; and, (c) either sliding the PSU through the open edge of the recess or removing the PSU normally through the recess.
  10. 10. An electronic system substantially as hereinbefore described.
  11. 11. A method substantially as hereinbefore described.
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