1. A mounting assembly for a backplane communication system, the mounting assembly comprising:
a retention collet including a collet base and a coupling arm that extends from the collet base, the collet base having a passage therethrough, wherein the collet base is configured to be mounted to a backplane such that the passage extends through the backplane and the coupling arm extends away from the backplane; and
a spacer member having a member cavity that receives the coupling arm when the spacer member is mounted to the backplane, the coupling arm being held in a locked position when engaged by a guide pin that has been inserted through the passage of the collet base and into the member cavity, the retention collet and the spacer member being interlocked when the coupling arm is in the locked position.
2. The mounting assembly of claim 1, wherein the coupling arm has an inner surface and an outer surface that face in generally opposite directions, the inner surface configured to extend along and directly engage the guide pin when the coupling arm is in the locked position, the outer surface configured to directly engage an interior surface of the spacer member that defines the member cavity.
3. The mounting assembly of claim 1, wherein the spacer member has an interior surface that defines the member cavity, the coupling arm being deflected in a first lateral direction by the interior surface as the spacer member is mounted to the backplane and, subsequently, pressed in a different second lateral direction as the guide pin is inserted into the member cavity.
4. The mounting assembly of claim 1, wherein the spacer member includes an interior surface that defines the member cavity, the coupling arm and the interior surface being shaped relative to each other such that spacer member is forced toward the backplane as the coupling arm is pressed against the interior surface by the guide pin.
5. The mounting assembly of claim 1, wherein the spacer member has an interior surface that defines the member cavity and that includes a blocking portion, the guide pin advancing in a loading direction when the guide pin is inserted into the member cavity, the interior surface along the blocking portion at least partially facing in the loading direction.
6. The mounting assembly of claim 5, wherein the coupling arm has an outer surface including a driving area, the driving area being pressed against the blocking portion of the interior surface when the guide pin engages the coupling arm, wherein the driving area and the blocking portion are shaped relative to each other such that spacer member is forced toward the backplane as the driving area is pressed against the blocking portion.
7. The mounting assembly of claim 1, wherein the retention collet includes a plurality of the coupling arms, the coupling arms being positioned about a collet axis extending through the passage, the coupling arms extending generally parallel to the collet axis.
8. The mounting assembly of claim 7, wherein each of the coupling arms is deflected toward the collet axis by an interior surface of the spacer member that defines the member cavity as the spacer member is mounted to the backplane.
9. The mounting assembly of claim 7, wherein the coupling arms include at least three coupling arms that are distributed circumferentially about the collet axis.
10. The mounting assembly of claim 1, wherein the retention collet extends between a leading end and a trailing end, the collet base having an exterior surface that defines an outer diameter of the collet base, the outer diameter being greatest along a flange portion of the collet base that includes the trailing end.
11. A backplane communication system comprising:
a backplane having a mounting hole and a mating window extending through the backplane;
a retention collet including a collet base and a coupling arm that extends from the collet base, the collet base being secured to the backplane such that the coupling arm is proximate to the mounting hole and extends away from the backplane; and
a connector assembly configured to be mounted to the backplane, the connector assembly including an electrical connector that is configured to be positioned proximate to the mating window of the backplane and a spacer member coupled to the electrical connector, the spacer member having a member cavity that receives the coupling arm of the retention collet when the connector assembly is mounted to the backplane, the coupling arm being held in a locked position when engaged by a guide pin that has been inserted through the mounting hole and into the member cavity, the retention collet and the spacer member being interlocked when the coupling arm is in the locked position.
12. The backplane communication system of claim 11, wherein the backplane comprises a printed circuit board.
13. The backplane communication system of claim 11, wherein the collet base includes a passage extending therethrough along a collet axis, the coupling arm extending generally parallel to the collet axis, the guide pin configured to be inserted through the passage.
14. The backplane communication system of claim 11, further comprising the guide pin and a daughter card assembly that includes the guide pin.
15. The backplane communication system of claim 11, wherein the coupling arm has an inner surface and an outer surface that face in generally opposite directions, the inner surface configured to extend along and directly engage the guide pin when the coupling arm is in the locked position, the outer surface configured to directly engage an interior surface of the spacer member that defines the member cavity.
16. The backplane communication system of claim 11, wherein the spacer member has an interior surface that defines the member cavity, the coupling arm being deflected in a first lateral direction by the interior surface as the spacer member is mounted to the backplane and, subsequently, pressed in a different second lateral direction as the guide pin is inserted into the member cavity.
17. The backplane communication system of claim 11, wherein the spacer member includes an interior surface that defines the member cavity, the coupling arm and the interior surface being shaped relative to each other such that spacer member is forced toward the backplane as the coupling arm is pressed against the interior surface by the guide pin.
18. The backplane communication system of claim 11, wherein the retention collet includes a plurality of the coupling arms extending generally parallel to one another.
19. The backplane communication system of claim 18, wherein each of the coupling arms is configured to be deflected by an interior surface of the spacer member that defines the member cavity.
20. The backplane communication system of claim 18, wherein the coupling arms include at least three coupling arms.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A modular air conditioning unit, comprising:
a chassis having an outside surface, comprising
an evaporator coil air intake opening;
a treated air discharge opening; and
a condenser coil air flow opening; and
an air conditioning system located within the chassis, comprising
a condenser coil unit,
an evaporator coil unit, and
a blower, including
an air intake opening, and
an air discharge opening in fluid communication with the treated air discharge opening,
wherein the air intake opening is in fluid communication with the evaporator coil unit.
2. The modular air conditioning unit of claim 1, further comprising a plenum located between the evaporator coil unit and the air intake opening of the blower.
3. The modular air conditioning unit of claim 1, wherein the condenser coil unit comprises a plurality of spaced apart condenser coil arrays.
4. The modular air conditioning unit of claim 1, wherein the evaporator coil unit comprises a plurality of spaced apart evaporator coil arrays.
5. The modular air conditioning unit of claim 1, wherein the chassis further comprises:
a blower motor frame, and
a blower motor attached to the motor frame in mechanical connection with the blower.
6. The modular air conditioning unit of claim 1, wherein the treated air discharge opening further comprises an adjustable treated air passage, comprising a plurality of discharge holes.
7. The modular air conditioning unit of claim 1, further comprising:
a condenser fan mount located within the chassis; and
a condenser fan attached to the condenser fan mount in to fluid communication with the condenser coil unit.
8. The modular air conditioning unit of claim 1, further comprising a condenser coil air filter frame located between the condenser coils and an outside surface of the chassis, and an evaporator coil air filter frame located between the evaporator coils and the outside surface of the chassis.
9. The modular air conditioning unit of claim 1, further comprising at least one of wheels, casters, lifting points, forklift engagement points, handles, and skids located on the outside surface of the chassis.
10. The modular air conditioning unit of claim 1, further comprising a control display located on the outside surface of the chassis.
11. The modular air conditioning unit of claim 9, wherein the control display is connected to controls of at least one of treated air discharge temperature, pressure, humidity, and timed operation.
12. A method of treating air comprising the step of using the device of claim 1.