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Jason's Deli of Southwest Florida owner and operator Diana Willis gave a $1,750 check to Holly and Patrick Wright, founders of the Payton Wright Foundation, a local non-profit dedicated to raising awareness of and assisting families affected by pediatric brain cancer.
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The Board of Directors of CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) today announced the unanimous election of Michael P. Gregoire, 46, as the company's new chief executive officer, effective January 7, 2013. A 25-year veteran of the software and IT services industries, Gregoire also was elected to the CA Technologies Board of Directors.
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He will succeed William E. McCracken, 70, who has served as CA Technologies chief executive officer since January, 2010 and who is retiring effective March 31, 2013. McCracken also will leave the CA Technologies Board of Directors effective January 7, 2013.
"I am honored to have the opportunity to lead CA Technologies," Gregoire said. "I accepted the position because I believe CA Technologies has a compelling value proposition, a strong reputation and a growing relevance for customers, software engineering, and partners. It is clear that CA Technologies is well-positioned to lead the industry as companies find it more critical than ever to manage and secure their IT environments in the cloud and efficiently provide business services that enable them to win in the marketplace."
Most recently, Gregoire was chairman, president and chief executive officer of Taleo Corp., a cloud-based talent management software company. During his seven years leading Taleo, Gregoire successfully managed an IPO in 2005 and grew revenue from $78 million to $324 million. Taleo was acquired early in 2012 by Oracle Corp. for nearly $2 billion.
Before joining Taleo, Gregoire spent four years at PeopleSoft, Inc., a provider of software solutions for human resource management, financial management, supply chain, customer relationship management and enterprise performance management. While there, he was the executive vice president of PeopleSoft Global Services, leading a team of 4,000 professionals with annual revenue of $2 billion.
Gregoire also spent 12 years at EDS Corp., where he held a number of senior positions including executive director of the global Financial Markets Group, chief technologist for Manufacturing and Financial verticals, as well as several architecture and project management positions.
"We are very pleased to have hired someone of Mike Gregoire's caliber," said Arthur Weinbach, chairman of the Board of Directors, CA Technologies. "He clearly stood out in the field of candidates we considered, bringing to CA Technologies a compelling track record of success, leadership skills, operating expertise and software industry vision. We expect CA Technologies employees, customers and partners to benefit from his leadership, years of experience in the software industry and customer focus."
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Gary Fernandes, the director who led the Board search committee added: "The Board followed a vigorous search process during the past six months. As the search progressed, it became clear to us that Mike Gregoire is exactly the kind of leader CA Technologies needs. Mike has been a winner in everything he has done in his business and personal lives. He is the ultimate competitor and has a fierce desire to succeed in everything he does. The Board looks forward to working with him."
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Scott Jenson leads a project called The Physical Web within the Chrome team at Google. Project members are working to take the scalability and openness of the web and use it to talk to the exponentially exploding range of smart devices. Nearly every company today working on the IoT comes up with the same basic solution: use my server and you'll be fine. But if we really believe there will be trillions of these devices, that just can't scale. We need a system that is open a scalable and by using the URL as a basic building block, we open this up and get the same resilience that the web enjoys.
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The Internet of Things is tied together with a thin strand that is known as time. Coincidentally, at the core of nearly all data analytics is a timestamp. When working with time series data there are a few core principles that everyone should consider, especially across datasets where time is the common boundary. In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, Jim Scott, Director of Enterprise Strategy & Architecture at MapR Technologies, discussed single-value, geo-spatial, and log time series data. By focusing on enterprise applications and the data center, he will use OpenTSDB as an example t...
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P2P RTC will impact the landscape of communications, shifting from traditional telephony style communications models to OTT (Over-The-Top) cloud assisted & PaaS (Platform as a Service) communication services. The P2P shift will impact many areas of our lives, from mobile communication, human interactive web services, RTC and telephony infrastructure, user federation, security and privacy implications, business costs, and scalability. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Robin Raymond, Chief Architect at Hookflash, will walk through the shifting landscape of traditional telephone and voice services ...
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The Domain Name Service (DNS) is one of the most important components in networking infrastructure, enabling users and services to access applications by translating URLs (names) into IP addresses (numbers). Because every icon and URL and all embedded content on a website requires a DNS lookup loading complex sites necessitates hundreds of DNS queries. In addition, as more internet-enabled 'Things' get connected, people will rely on DNS to name and find their fridges, toasters and toilets. According to a recent IDG Research Services Survey this rate of traffic will only grow. What's driving t...
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Enthusiasm for the Internet of Things has reached an all-time high. In 2013 alone, venture capitalists spent more than $1 billion dollars investing in the IoT space. With "smart" appliances and devices, IoT covers wearable smart devices, cloud services to hardware companies. Nest, a Google company, detects temperatures inside homes and automatically adjusts it by tracking its user's habit. These technologies are quickly developing and with it come challenges such as bridging infrastructure gaps, abiding by privacy concerns and making the concept a reality. These challenges can't be addressed w...
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Explosive growth in connected devices. Enormous amounts of data for collection and analysis. Critical use of data for split-second decision making and actionable information. All three are factors in making the Internet of Things a reality. Yet, any one factor would have an IT organization pondering its infrastructure strategy. How should your organization enhance its IT framework to enable an Internet of Things implementation? In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, James Kirkland, Chief Architect for the Internet of Things and Intelligent Systems at Red Hat, described how to revolutioniz...
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Bit6 today issued a challenge to the technology community implementing Web Real Time Communication (WebRTC). To leap beyond WebRTC's significant limitations and fully leverage its underlying value to accelerate innovation, application developers need to consider the entire communications ecosystem.
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The definition of IoT is not new, in fact it's been around for over a decade. What has changed is the public's awareness that the technology we use on a daily basis has caught up on the vision of an always on, always connected world. If you look into the details of what comprises the IoT, you'll see that it includes everything from cloud computing, Big Data analytics, "Things," Web communication, applications, network, storage, etc. It is essentially including everything connected online from hardware to software, or as we like to say, it's an Internet of many different things. The difference ...
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Cloud Expo 2014 TV commercials will feature @ThingsExpo, which was launched in June, 2014 at New York City's Javits Center as the largest 'Internet of Things' event in the world.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Windstream, a leading provider of advanced network and cloud communications, has been named "Silver Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9–11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York, NY. Windstream (Nasdaq: WIN), a FORTUNE 500 and S&P 500 company, is a leading provider of advanced network communications, including cloud computing and managed services, to businesses nationwide. The company also offers broadband, phone and digital TV services to consumers primarily in rural areas.
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The major cloud platforms defy a simple, side-by-side analysis. Each of the major IaaS public-cloud platforms offers their own unique strengths and functionality. Options for on-site private cloud are diverse as well, and must be designed and deployed while taking existing legacy architecture and infrastructure into account. Then the reality is that most enterprises are embarking on a hybrid cloud strategy and programs. In this Power Panel at 15th Cloud Expo (http://www.CloudComputingExpo.com), moderated by Ashar Baig, Research Director, Cloud, at Gigaom Research, Nate Gordon, Director of T...
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Technology is enabling a new approach to collecting and using data. This approach, commonly referred to as the "Internet of Things" (IoT), enables businesses to use real-time data from all sorts of things including machines, devices and sensors to make better decisions, improve customer service, and lower the risk in the creation of new revenue opportunities. In his General Session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, Dave Wagstaff, Vice President and Chief Architect at BSQUARE Corporation, discuss the real benefits to focus on, how to understand the requirements of a successful solution, the flow of ...
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The security devil is always in the details of the attack: the ones you've endured, the ones you prepare yourself to fend off, and the ones that, you fear, will catch you completely unaware and defenseless. The Internet of Things (IoT) is nothing if not an endless proliferation of details. It's the vision of a world in which continuous Internet connectivity and addressability is embedded into a growing range of human artifacts, into the natural world, and even into our smartphones, appliances, and physical persons. In the IoT vision, every new "thing" - sensor, actuator, data source, data con...
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"BSQUARE is in the business of selling software solutions for smart connected devices. It's obvious that IoT has moved from being a technology to being a fundamental part of business, and in the last 18 months people have said let's figure out how to do it and let's put some focus on it, " explained Dave Wagstaff, VP & Chief Architect, at BSQUARE Corporation, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held Nov 4-6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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The 3rd International @ThingsExpo, co-located with the 16th International Cloud Expo - to be held June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY - announces that it is now accepting Keynote Proposals. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the most profound change in personal and enterprise IT since the creation of the Worldwide Web more than 20 years ago. All major researchers estimate there will be tens of billions devices - computers, smartphones, tablets, and sensors - connected to the Internet by 2020. This number will continue to grow at a rapid pace for the next several decades.
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Nov 24, 2014
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Interferry has welcomed a decision at last week's IMO Maritime Safety Committee meeting (MSC94) setting out rules for the location of fuel tanks on LNG-powered ships – a decision that the trade association says will safeguard further development of the LNG option. Following concerted cross industry coordination, key member states agreed a way forward that offers impact protection of the tanks in the event of collision or grounding while avoiding the potentially prohibitive requirements of proposals previously under discussion.
Until now the IMO's efforts to avoid damage to LNG tanks and the consequent fire hazard have focused on placement of the tanks according to a mix of prescriptive rules and sophisticated calculation models. This has caused increasing concern among ship designers and owners because LNG is more voluminous per energy content than conventional fuels and therefore needs bigger tank systems. Objectors to the approach argued that the space methodology limited the fuel autonomy of vessels - raising the unreasonable expectation of them having to refuel at every port of call.
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Riding on the wave of a strong summer, Greece's Attica Holdings, operator of Blue Star Ferries and Superfast Ferries, has pushed up its profit for the first nine months of 2014. The company's €6.11m net profit for the first three quarters of 2014 is a significant 47% increase on the €4.15m recorded 12 months ago. The company notes that for the nine months of 2014 the revenue increase was registered in the Greek domestic routes, but was offset by a decrease in income in the Adriatic Sea. With Attica in positive territory for the nine months, a €4m boost is set to come in the final quarter from the sale of the BLUE STAR ITHAKI to the Canadian government for €31m.
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Nov 19, 2014
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STENA Line has confirmed it will be converting one of its vessels to run off methanol. The Stena Germanica conversion will cost €22m ($27.6m) and will begin in January 2015. The conversion is in response to the sulphur emission regulations that come into force at the end of this year. All vessels operating in an emission control area will be forced to use fuels that have less than 0.1% sulphur content or use abatement technology to remove the sulphur in the ships' exhaust to an equivalent level.
Some owners such as DFDS and Finnlines have already said they will mostly use exhaust gas scrubbers to meet the sulphur challenge, while others have begun ordering dual-fuelled vessels capable of running off liquefied natural gas.
MAN to PowerNew Chinese Ferries
Nov 18, 2014
World Maritime News
MAN Diesel & Turbo has secured a contract for the supply of four engines for the diesel-mechanical propulsion of two passenger ferries for Chinese shipping companies, Huadong Ferry and Dadong Ferry. The two newbuildings are currently under construction at Huanghai Shipyard in Shangdong, China. Both vessels have a passenger capacity of 1,500 and are intended to connect South Korea with the Chinese mainland upon entering service.
The China Shipowners' Association has proposed limiting the maximum age of a vessel in service to 28 years. The two ferry newbuildings will enter service in autumn 2016, replacing vessels about to reach the new, proposed age limit. In the near future, more and more ships are similarly expected to be decommissioned.
Gotland Orders LNG Ferry from China
Nov 14, 2014
World Maritime News
Sweden's Rederi AB Gotland has signed a contract with GSI Shipyard in China for a new LNG-powered ro-pax ferry with the capacity to carry 1650 passengers. Upon delivery in 2017 the new ferry will become the first Swedish-flagged passenger vessel powered by LNG. The ferry is a SEK 1 billion (USD 134.9m) investment and the single largest investment in the company's 150-year history.
Rederi AB Gotland has had a successful relationship with GSI Shipyard since 1999, when the contract was signed for M/S Visby and M/S Gotland, which were delivered in 2003. In the years 2006 to 2012 the yard delivered a total of six product tankers to Gotland.
Gotland says that it worked together with GSI on the design of the new ferry to create optimal hull lines for reducing energy consumption and environmental impact. The concept of the ship is a further development of the existing SF1500 ship design. Following the order, Gotland will focus on creating the necessary LNG supply infrastructure.
Bohai Ferry Launches the Biggest Ro-Pax in Asia
Nov 14, 2014
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Bohai Ferry, the Shandong-based Chinese cruise and ferry operator, has just launched the biggest ro-pax unit in Asia. BO HAI MA ZHU, a luxury 35,000 gross tonne, 2,300-pax ferry built by Huanghai Shipyard, is expected to enter service on the busy Yantai-Dalian route in February 2015. Its sister ship, BO HAI ZUAN ZHU (BOHAI DIAMON PEARL), which was launched in September, is reportedly in the final stage of the construction process. She will enter service in January 2015 on one of the Bohai Bay routes.
Sewol Jail Terms too Harsh
Nov 12, 2014
Lloyd's List
Seafarer groups have condemned the 36-year prison term handed to Lee Joon-seok, master of the Korean ferry Sewol, which sunk with the loss of almost 300 lives last April. Capt Lee was acquitted of homicide but he was found guilty of negligence in failing to organize evacuation efforts, and violating maritime law by leaving the ship before the passengers. Park Gi-ho, the ferry's chief engineer, was found guilty of murder and sentenced to 30 years. Another 13 crew members — including the chief officer and second mate — face between five and 20 years behind bars.
Seafarer professionals believe that a number of factors were at work and that crew has been made to carry the can for the failings of others. Hans Sande, president of the International Federation of Shipmasters' Association, described the decision as a travesty of justice.
European Shipowners Launch Low Sulfur Impact Survey
Nov 7, 2014
Maritime Executive
European shipowners have launched a survey to monitor the economic impact of the 0.1 percent sulfur requirements for shipping in the European Sulfur Emission Control Areas (SECAs), which are due to enter into force on 1 January 2015. Numerous reports have already been published on the implementation of the new sulfur rules and the ensuing risks of a modal backshift (from sea to land-based transport), but have so far primarily been based on forecasts.
"As we get closer to the entry into force of the new rules it becomes vital to move to fact-based analyses and take stock of what is actually happening in the market," says Patrick Verhoeven, European Community Shipowners' Association (ECSA) secretary general.
Flensburger CEO Steps Down
Nov 6, 2014
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After 18 successful years at German shipyard Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG),Peter Sierk has stepped down from his position as CEO. Ulf Bertheau has been appointed as temporary CEO.
"After turbulent and exhausting years – also for me personally – we were able to lead FSG into calmer waters during the past weeks, and to work out an optimal perspective for the future of the yard" said Peter Sierk. "I know FSG to be in very good hands with Siem Industries and I am sure that FSG and Siem together are very well positioned for a new start."
He has agreed with the new Supervisory Board to support the yard in finding a suitable successor for the position of CEO. During the transition period he will also proactively assist the new Supervisory Board as well as his temporary successor Ulf Bertheau and the future CEO.
[Siem Industries formally acquired FSG last week. Siems is a diversified industrial holding company with interests in shipping, mining and finance.]
Polferries Sale is Relaunched
Oct 29, 2014
Lloyd's List
The Polish Treasury is seeking to raise more than $14m from selling a 91% interest in state-owned Polferries (Polish Baltic Shipping Co) which runs three vessels to ports in Sweden and Denmark. The company reported net losses in 2010 and 2011, then a net gain of Zloty6.4m ($1.9m) in 2012. However, the results for 2013 have not been made public.
The Polish government is offering 9.5m shares representing more than 91% of the company, with a minimum share price of Zloty4.90. This values the company shares being sold at Zloty46.6m and the company at about $15.4m.
Interested parties have until November 26 to submit by hand a sealed offer, along with a Zloty4m security deposit. The ministry said the sole substantive criterion will be the price offered for the shares in Polferries.
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A contacting device, especially for an antenna amplifier in an automotive application to contact an antenna on a windshield or rear window of the vehicle has a lever-like contact element in the form of a strap or stirrup and bends lying in a plane and bearing upon the surfaces and bridging between them.
1. An antenna amplifier for an automotive vehicle having an antenna conductor structure, said antenna amplifier comprising:
a housing affixed to a body of said vehicle;
a circuit board carrying an antenna amplifier circuit in said housing, said housing being formed with a wall generally parallel to said circuit board; and
a lever contact element in the form of a strap or stirrup formed in one piece with said wall and having an inwardly extending bend bearing upon said circuit board and an outwardly extending bend emerging from said housing through an opening in said wall and bearing upon said antenna conductor structure, said bends lying in a common plane.
2. The antenna amplifier defined in
3. An antenna amplifier for an automotive vehicle having an antenna conductor structure having a contact surface, said antenna amplifier comprising:
a housing wall affixed to a body of said vehicle, having an inner side turned away from the contact surface of the antenna conductor structure and an opposite outer side turned toward the contact surface of the antenna conductor structure, and formed with two throughgoing openings extending between the sides;
a circuit board carrying an antenna amplifier circuit and having a contact surface turned toward the inner side of the housing wall;
an S-shaped lever contact element affixed to said wall and having an end secured to the inner side of said wall, a portion passing through one of said openings past the outer side of said wall, a bend on said outer side of said wall bearing upon said contact surface of the antenna structure, another portion passing from said bend through the other of said openings past said inner side of said wall, a further bend extending from the other portion past said inner side of said wall and bearing upon the contact surface of the board, another portion extending from said further bend through said other of said openings past said outer side of said wall, and another end on said contact element bent to form an abutment against said outer side of said wall.
Our present invention relates to a lever-like contact element especially for making an electrical contact between a part of a vehicle and a printed circuit board forming part of an antenna amplifier.
The formation of an electric contact between two surfaces utilizing a contact element can be used, for example, for electrical contact with flat antenna conductor structures in motor vehicles. From DE 196 05 999 A1, for example, the contacting of a flat antenna conductor structure is known. In this case, below a portion of the vehicle body a signal processing unit, especially an antenna amplifier, is mounted by appropriate fasteners. The housing of this unit has a carrier in the form of an outrigger arm provided at its end with contacts. The contacts are connected by connecting conductors which can be arranged in or on the rigid carrier and connected in turn with the signal processing unit. The contacts can make electrical contact with the contact surfaces or pads of an antenna conductor structure which can be provided, for example, upon the vehicle windshield or rear window. The carrier enables the signal processing unit to be positioned a certain distance away from the antenna conductor structure. However, because of the inflexibility of the rigid structure and the fact that only limited space may be available in the vehicle to accommodate the signal processing unit, the signal processing unit itself and the location at which the signal processing unit is to be mounted must be fabricated with narrow tolerances. It is desirable, by contrast, to have a wide tolerance range for the positioning of the signal processing unit and for the contacting of the contact surfaces or pads of the antenna conductor structure.
A further drawback of the prior art construction is that the entire signal processing unit with the carrier and the contacts on the carrier must be replaced completely or as a unit when it is damaged, for example, in the case of a vehicle crash. This need for replacement of the entire unit involves high cost especially since the signal processing unit as a rule must be integrated between the vehicle body and the ceiling of the vehicle and thus is not readily accessible.
It is also a disadvantage of the prior art structures described that with rigid carriers, the signal processing unit must be designed for the particular vehicle geometry and as a result different signal processing unit configurations must be provided for the various vehicle body types. This matching of the signal processing unit to the particular vehicle body types is likewise associated with high cost since different tools (molds) may be necessary for fabricating the different signal processor housings, the different types of signal processors have to be stocked without necessarily knowing which particular housing configuration will be required as a replacement for a damaged unit, etc.
It is, therefore, the principal object of the present invention to provide a contact arrangement which is especially useful to affect electrical contact between two surfaces and which provides a wide range of tolerances, especially with respect to the positioning of the housing or device carrying the contact.
Another object is to provide a device for making an electrical contact between a first contact surface and at least one other contact surface and which includes a contact element whereby the drawbacks described above can be avoided and which is especially inexpensive and capable of mass production.
Still another object of this invention is to provide an improved contact arrangement between contact surfaces or pads of an antenna conductor structure and a printed circuit board carrying an antenna signal processor such as an antenna amplifier.
These objects and others which will become apparent hereinafter are attained, in accordance with the invention, firstly, in a device for contacting a first contact surface with at least one further contact surface via a contact element which has a lever action, i.e. is fulcrumed at least at one region of the contact element and has a pair of bends lying in a plane and respectively bearing upon the two contact surfaces and preferably in the form of a strap or stirrup.
In a second aspect of the invention, the contact element is carried by a housing for an antenna signal processing unit, for example, an antenna amplifier and makes electric contact between one contact surface which is a printed circuit board for that amplifier in the housing and a contact surface or pad of the antenna conductor or structure on a portion of a vehicle body.
According to the invention, therefore, the contact element has a lever like action, i.e. can be deflected about a fulcrum or a portion of that contact element functioning as a fulcrum and is formed as a strap or stirrup, preferably with an S-shaped configuration. It is important that the two contact surfaces which are contacted by mutual bends of the contact element lie in the same plane and effectively are neighboring so that for the electronic contact the shortest possible path is available for the electronic current passing between the contact surface. It is also important that the contact element be capable of bridging the gap between the contact surfaces. The strap or stirrup has the further advantage that it is capable of compensating for considerable tolerances by the deflection or bending of the strap or stirrup and the additional advantage that the strap or stirrup can be deformed by the two contact surfaces so that an intrinsic resilient force is created in the stirrup or strap to permanently press the contact element against both contact surfaces with sufficient force to insure effective and permanent electric contact between them.
Various configurations of the strap or stirrup are possible. For example, the strap or stirrup can be made from electrically nonconducting synthetic resin or some other electrically nonconductive material and can be provided with an electrically conductive coating which engages the two contact surfaces and makes the electrical connection between them. Alternatively, the strap or stirrup can be composed of intrinsically electrically conductive material. An electrically conductive synthetic resin or metal can be used for this purpose.
It is especially advantageous when the strap or the stirrup is a component of a printed circuit board of an electronic device or a component of a portion of the housing of the electronic device. Preferably, the contact element is an integral part of that housing and can bear upon the printed circuit board within the housing as well as upon another contact surface outside the housing, e.g. on a vehicle body to which the housing is secured. The contact element or a plurality of the contact elements can thus be integrated in the housing or connected with the circuit board so that upon insertion of the circuit board in the housing, contact is made with the contact elements and the circuit board thus constitutes the first contact surface.
This arrangement has been found to be especially effective for electronic devices like antenna amplifiers and the like which are to be mounted in vehicles. The antenna amplifier can be mass produced, tested and attached to the vehicle by the original equipment manufacturer, i.e. the automobile manufacturer, at a planned location in the vehicle. The strap or stirrup with its other bend is then pressed against the antenna pad or contact surface on the vehicle body when the housing is affixed thereto. The bendability of the strap or stirrup and the lever action thereof insures that the spring effect upon deformation of the contact element will maintain a firm, durable and reliable electrical connection between the contact element and both contact surfaces. The device can easily be removed should a defect be developed and be replaced.
The above and other objects, features, and advantages will become more readily apparent from the following description, reference being made to the accompanying drawing in which:
The device 1 in
In the embodiment of
The shape of the strap 5 enables it to act as a lever, since it is deflectable resiliently about a fulcrum which, for example, is formed by the bend 5 a.
In the case in which the housing 2 is composed of an electrically nonconductive material, for example, a synthetic resin, the strap 5 is also composed of this material and the strap can then be coated with a conductive material as represented by the electrically conductive layer 6.
It is also possible to provide the strap 5 as an electrically conductive member which is targeted into the housing 2, e.g. by injection molding the housing 2 around the strap 5 at its junction 5 d with the housing.
Since the strap 5 functions as a contact element, it electrically connects the contact surfaces 7, 8 in a plane, for example, the plane of the paper in
The means 2 a, 2 b for attaching the housing to the vehicle body from a releasable connection, for example, a screw or lock arrangement, although a nonreleasable connection by adhesive or casting can also be provided. It is also possible for the housing 2 or the printed circuit board 3 not to be affixed to the component 9 but to be mounted on another component and held in place against the component 9 to make electrical contact therewith.
Instead of the housing 2, a one-piece or multi part type frame can be used for securing the circuit board 3 to the component 9 or some other part of the vehicle. The deflection of the strap 5 generates a force which maintains a permanent electrical contact of the bends 5 a and 5 b with the surfaces 7 and 8 and bridges tolerances between the contact surfaces.
A second end 12 of the stirrup 10 is bent at an angle and forms an abutment with the surface 102 a of the housing 2 in a rest position, thereby preventing the stirrup from falling out of the opening 104 in the housing 102. It also forms a stop preventing excessive deformation of the stirrup 10. The apexes of the bends 10 a and 10 b are provided at semicircular portions of the stirrup 10 in a common plane, i.e. the plane of the paper in
An alternative to the embodiment of
In this latter case as well, the stirrup 10 may be S-shaped and can have additional contacting functions beyond the contacts made at the surfaces 7 and 8 with other tracks or components of the board.
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