Brian J Frank

US Patent:

20130120946, May 16, 2013

Filed:

Oct 30, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/664269

Inventors:

Kevin G. Stachowiak - Germantown WI, US
Kevin L. Baumann - Cedarburg WI, US
Raymond G. Sladky - Grafton WI, US
Gary R. Krenke - Germantown WI, US
John C. Boetcher - Richfield WI, US
Brian R. Krueger - Brown Deer WI, US
Robert M. Michalski - West Bend WI, US
Paul J. Grosskreuz - West Bend WI, US
Joseph William Budill - Grayslake IL, US
Brian C. Frank - Cedarburg WI, US
Martha A. Maxwell - Milwaukee WI, US

Assignee:

ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. - Mayfield Heights OH

International Classification:

H05K 7/14

US Classification:

361759, 3122232, 2952501

Abstract:

A system for manufacturing an industrial automation drive includes a carrier frame configured to hold one or more semiconductor devices for use in the industrial automation drive. The carrier frame includes a set of fasteners disposed around an internal wall of the carrier frame such that each fastener of the set of fasteners includes an angled edge and a horizontal edge. Each fastener of the set of fasteners is configured to toollessly couple a power circuit board having the semiconductor devices to the carrier frame by bending from a first position when the power circuit board is pushed against the angled edge and returning to the first position when the power circuit board is pushed past the horizontal edge.