阅读说明：本技术 一种板卡拆装设备和板卡总成 (Board card dismounting device and board card assembly ) 是由 王红明 崔博 薛广营 于 2021-08-13 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明公开了一种板卡拆装设备和板卡总成,包括：T形套筒,固定安装到上板卡；按键,下端有倒扣,响应于上端受力而从非锁定位置向下运动到锁定位置；按键弹簧,构造为向按键提供向上的偏置力；卡爪,固定安装到下板卡,卡爪响应于按键向下运动到锁定位置而卡紧倒扣,使T形套筒和卡爪之间共同平动；旋钮,相对于T形套筒可转动,并且旋钮响应于按键向下运动到锁定位置而抵靠卡爪；复位扭簧,构造为向旋钮提供复位的旋转偏置力。本发明能够快速而方便地锁紧和解锁多张平行板卡。(The invention discloses a board card dismounting device and a board card assembly, comprising: the T-shaped sleeve is fixedly arranged on the upper board card; the lower end of the key is provided with an inverted buckle, and the key moves downwards from an unlocked position to a locked position in response to the stress on the upper end; a key spring configured to provide an upward biasing force to the key; the clamping jaw is fixedly arranged on the lower board card, responds to the downward movement of the key to a locking position to clamp the inverted buckle, and enables the T-shaped sleeve and the clamping jaw to translate together; a knob rotatable relative to the T-shaped sleeve and abutting the pawl in response to downward movement of the button to a locked position; a return torsion spring configured to provide a return rotational biasing force to the knob. The invention can quickly and conveniently lock and unlock a plurality of parallel board cards.)

1. A board dismouting equipment which characterized in that includes:

the T-shaped sleeve is fixedly arranged on the upper board card;

the key is arranged on the inner side of the T-shaped sleeve, the lower end of the key is provided with an inverted buckle, and the key moves downwards from an unlocked position to a locked position in response to the upper end of the key being stressed;

a key spring disposed inside the T-shaped sleeve and sleeved on the key, the key spring configured to provide an upward biasing force to the key;

the clamping jaw is fixedly mounted on the lower board card and responds to the downward movement of the key to a locking position to clamp the inverted buckle, so that the T-shaped sleeve and the clamping jaw are translated together to assemble the upper board card and the lower board card;

a knob disposed outside the T-shaped sleeve, the knob being rotatable relative to the T-shaped sleeve and the knob abutting the pawl in response to downward movement of the key to a locked position;

the reset torsion spring is arranged on the inner side of the knob and is sleeved on the T-shaped sleeve, and the reset torsion spring is configured to provide reset rotary biasing force for the knob.

2. The board card dismounting and mounting device according to claim 1, wherein the T-shaped sleeve is provided with a fixing post; the T-shaped sleeve is fixedly mounted on the upper board card through the fixing column.

3. A board card dismounting device according to claim 1, wherein a guide post is provided on the claw, and a slot is provided below the knob; the knob causes the card slot to receive and contact the guide post in response to downward movement of the key to a locked position.

4. A board card dismounting device according to claim 3, wherein a fan-shaped slideway is provided on the T-shaped sleeve, and a protrusion is provided on the knob, the protrusion extending outwardly through the fan-shaped slideway; the knob rotates relative to the T-shaped sleeve in response to the protrusion moving along the fan-shaped slide under the action of an external force.

5. The board removal apparatus of claim 4, wherein the pawl releases the undercut in response to rotation of the knob relative to the T-shaped sleeve to move the key upward from the locked position to the unlocked position under the influence of the key spring force of the key spring to remove the upper and lower boards.

6. The board handler of claim 5, wherein the pawl deforms the post to drive the pawl to release the undercut in response to rotation of the knob relative to the T-shaped sleeve.

7. The board card dismounting device according to claim 5, wherein one end of the return torsion spring is fixedly connected to the T-shaped sleeve, and the other end of the return torsion spring is fixedly connected to the knob; the knob is rotated to return under the action of the elastic force of the button of the reset torsion spring in response to the disappearance of the external force action on the protrusion.

8. The board card dismounting device according to claim 4, wherein the arc of the fan-shaped chute is 30 degrees.

9. The board card dismounting and mounting device according to claim 1, wherein the T-shaped sleeve is formed by splicing two half sleeves; the key and the key spring are arranged between the two half sleeves.

10. A card assembly, comprising:

an upper board card and a lower board card to be disassembled and assembled;

the T-shaped sleeve is fixedly mounted on the upper board card;

the key is arranged on the inner side of the T-shaped sleeve, the lower end of the key is provided with an inverted buckle, and the key moves downwards from an unlocked position to a locked position in response to the upper end of the key being stressed;

a key spring disposed inside the T-shaped sleeve and sleeved on the key, the key spring configured to provide an upward biasing force to the key;

the clamping jaw is fixedly mounted on the lower board card and responds to the downward movement of the key to a locking position to clamp the inverted buckle, so that the T-shaped sleeve and the clamping jaw are translated together to assemble the upper board card and the lower board card;

a knob disposed outside the T-shaped sleeve, the knob being rotatable relative to the T-shaped sleeve and the knob abutting the pawl in response to downward movement of the key to a locked position;

the reset torsion spring is arranged on the inner side of the knob and is sleeved on the T-shaped sleeve, and the reset torsion spring is configured to provide reset rotary biasing force for the knob.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of heat dissipation, in particular to a board dismounting device and a board assembly.

Background

Along with the improvement of the living standard of people, more and more families for purchasing electric appliances, the use of the circuit board card is more and more extensive, and people pay more and more attention to the safety and the stability of the circuit board card and the simplicity and convenience of production and maintenance. When a plurality of circuit integrated circuit boards combine the installation, often need use the buckle to fix, spacing, prior art has two kinds of fixed modes to the integrated circuit board of parallel placement: welding a stud on the lower board card, and clamping and punching a hole on the upper board card and locking the hole by using a common screw; or the lower board card is welded with a stud, and the upper board card is welded with a hand-turning screw. The prior art needs tools (such as a screwdriver) and can directly lock/unlock by hands, but the prior art needs to rotate at least 3 turns (about 1080 degrees), and the prior art cannot meet the requirement for some situations requiring rapid operation and maintenance.

Aiming at the problems that the board card needs to be disassembled and assembled by means of tools, the labor consumption is high and the operation speed is low in the prior art, an effective solution is not available at present.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of this, an object of the embodiments of the present invention is to provide a board mounting and dismounting device, which can lock and unlock multiple parallel boards quickly and conveniently.

In view of the above object, a first aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a board mounting and dismounting device, including:

the T-shaped sleeve is fixedly arranged on the upper board card;

the key is arranged on the inner side of the T-shaped sleeve, the lower end of the key is provided with an inverted buckle, and the key moves downwards from an unlocked position to a locked position in response to the upper end being stressed;

the key spring is arranged on the inner side of the T-shaped sleeve and sleeved on the key, and the key spring is configured to provide an upward biasing force for the key;

the clamping jaw is fixedly arranged on the lower board card, responds to the downward movement of the key to a locking position and clamps the inverted buckle, so that the T-shaped sleeve and the clamping jaw are translated together to assemble the upper board card and the lower board card;

a knob disposed outside the T-shaped sleeve, the knob being rotatable relative to the T-shaped sleeve and the knob abutting the pawl in response to downward movement of the button to a locked position;

the reset torsion spring is arranged on the inner side of the knob and is sleeved on the T-shaped sleeve, and the reset torsion spring is configured to provide reset rotary bias force for the knob.

In some embodiments, the T-shaped sleeve is provided with a fixing post; the T-shaped sleeve is fixedly mounted on the upper board card through the fixing column.

In some embodiments, the jaw is provided with a guide post, and the knob is provided with a clamping groove below; the knob receives and contacts the guide post in the card slot in response to downward movement of the key to the locked position.

In some embodiments, the T-shaped sleeve is provided with a fan-shaped slideway, the knob is provided with a protrusion, and the protrusion penetrates through the fan-shaped slideway to extend outwards; the knob is configured to provide a reset rotational biasing force to the knob.

In some embodiments, the pawl releases the undercut in response to rotation of the knob relative to the T-shaped sleeve, causing the key to move upward from the locked position to the unlocked position under the influence of the key spring force of the key spring to disengage the upper and lower cards.

In some embodiments, the pawl deforms the post and the pawl to release the undercut in response to rotation of the knob relative to the T-shaped sleeve.

In some embodiments, the return torsion spring is fixedly connected at one end to the T-shaped sleeve and at the other end to the knob; the knob is rotationally reset by the action of the elastic force of the button of the reset torsion spring in response to the disappearance of the action of the external force aiming at the protrusion.

In some embodiments, the arc of the scalloped ramp is 30 degrees.

In some embodiments, the T-shaped sleeve is split from two half-sleeves; the key and the key spring are arranged between the two half sleeves.

In view of the above object, a second aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides a board assembly, including:

an upper board card and a lower board card to be disassembled and assembled;

the T-shaped sleeve is fixedly arranged on the upper board card;

the key is arranged on the inner side of the T-shaped sleeve, the lower end of the key is provided with an inverted buckle, and the key moves downwards from an unlocked position to a locked position in response to the upper end being stressed;

the key spring is arranged on the inner side of the T-shaped sleeve and sleeved on the key, and the key spring is configured to provide an upward biasing force for the key;

the clamping jaw is fixedly arranged on the lower board card, responds to the downward movement of the key to a locking position and clamps the inverted buckle, so that the T-shaped sleeve and the clamping jaw are translated together to assemble the upper board card and the lower board card;

a knob disposed outside the T-shaped sleeve, the knob being rotatable relative to the T-shaped sleeve and the knob abutting the pawl in response to downward movement of the button to a locked position;

the reset torsion spring is arranged on the inner side of the knob and is sleeved on the T-shaped sleeve, and the reset torsion spring is configured to provide reset rotary bias force for the knob.

In some embodiments, the T-shaped sleeve is provided with a fixing post; the T-shaped sleeve is fixedly mounted on the upper board card through the fixing column.

In some embodiments, the jaw is provided with a guide post, and the knob is provided with a clamping groove below; the knob receives and contacts the guide post in the card slot in response to downward movement of the key to the locked position.

In some embodiments, the T-shaped sleeve is provided with a fan-shaped slideway, the knob is provided with a protrusion, and the protrusion penetrates through the fan-shaped slideway to extend outwards; the knob rotates relative to the T-shaped sleeve in response to the protrusion moving along the scalloped ramps in response to an external force.

In some embodiments, the pawl releases the undercut in response to rotation of the knob relative to the T-shaped sleeve, causing the key to move upward from the locked position to the unlocked position under the influence of the key spring force of the key spring to disengage the upper and lower cards.

In some embodiments, the pawl deforms the post and the pawl to release the undercut in response to rotation of the knob relative to the T-shaped sleeve.

In some embodiments, the return torsion spring is fixedly connected at one end to the T-shaped sleeve and at the other end to the knob; the knob is rotationally reset by the action of the elastic force of the button of the reset torsion spring in response to the disappearance of the action of the external force aiming at the protrusion.

In some embodiments, the arc of the scalloped ramp is 30 degrees.

In some embodiments, the T-shaped sleeve is split from two half-sleeves; the key and the key spring are arranged between the two half sleeves.

The invention has the following beneficial technical effects: according to the board card dismounting device provided by the embodiment of the invention, the T-shaped sleeve is used for being fixedly arranged on the upper board card; the key is arranged on the inner side of the T-shaped sleeve, the lower end of the key is provided with an inverted buckle, and the key moves downwards from an unlocked position to a locked position in response to the upper end being stressed; the key spring is arranged on the inner side of the T-shaped sleeve and sleeved on the key, and the key spring is configured to provide an upward biasing force for the key; the clamping jaw is fixedly arranged on the lower board card, responds to the downward movement of the key to a locking position and clamps the inverted buckle, so that the T-shaped sleeve and the clamping jaw are translated together to assemble the upper board card and the lower board card; a knob disposed outside the T-shaped sleeve, the knob being rotatable relative to the T-shaped sleeve and the knob abutting the pawl in response to downward movement of the button to a locked position; the reset torsion spring is arranged on the inner side of the knob and is sleeved on the T-shaped sleeve, and the reset torsion spring is constructed to provide a reset technical scheme of rotating bias force for the knob, so that a plurality of parallel board cards can be quickly and conveniently locked and unlocked.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is an overall structural view of the board card dismounting device provided by the present invention;

fig. 2 is an exploded view of the board card dismounting device provided by the present invention;

fig. 3 is a structural diagram of the board card dismounting device provided by the present invention when the upper board card and the lower board card are separated;

fig. 4 is a connecting structure diagram of a guide post and a clamping groove of the board card dismounting device provided by the invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural view illustrating a key of the board card dismounting device moving from an unlocked position to a locked position according to the present invention;

fig. 6 is an unlocking schematic diagram of a knob of the board card dismounting device provided by the invention;

fig. 7 is a connection structure diagram of a return torsion spring of the board card dismounting device provided by the invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the following embodiments of the present invention are described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

It should be noted that all expressions using "first" and "second" in the embodiments of the present invention are used for distinguishing two entities with the same name but different names or different parameters, and it should be noted that "first" and "second" are merely for convenience of description and should not be construed as limitations of the embodiments of the present invention, and they are not described in any more detail in the following embodiments.

In view of the above, a first aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides an embodiment of a board card dismounting device for quickly and conveniently locking and unlocking a plurality of parallel board cards. Fig. 1 is an overall structural view of a first embodiment of the board card mounting and dismounting device provided by the present invention.

The board card dismounting device, as shown in fig. 1, includes:

the T-shaped sleeve 1 is fixedly arranged on the upper board card;

the key 3 is arranged inside the T-shaped sleeve 1, the lower end of the key 3 is provided with an inverted buckle 31, and the key 3 moves downwards from an unlocked position to a locked position in response to the upper end being stressed;

a key spring 2 disposed inside the T-shaped sleeve 1 and sleeved on the key 3, the key spring 2 being configured to provide an upward biasing force to the key 3, to relax in response to the key 3 being in the non-locking position, and to compress and provide an elastic force to the key 3 in response to the key 3 moving downward to the locking position;

the clamping jaw 6 is fixedly installed on the lower board card, the clamping jaw 6 clamps the inverted buckle 31 in response to the downward movement of the key 3 to the locking position, and the T-shaped sleeve 1 and the clamping jaw 6 are enabled to translate together to assemble the upper board card and the lower board card;

a knob 5 disposed outside the T-shaped sleeve 1, the knob 5 being rotatable relative to the T-shaped sleeve 1, and the knob 5 abutting against the pawl 6 in response to downward movement of the key 3 to the lock position;

a return torsion spring 4 disposed inside the knob 5 and sleeved on the T-shaped sleeve 1, the return torsion spring 4 configured to provide a return rotational biasing force to the knob 5, the return torsion spring providing a return spring force to return the knob 5 in response to rotation of the knob 5 relative to the T-shaped sleeve 1.

In some embodiments, the T-shaped sleeve 1 is provided with a fixing post; the T-shaped sleeve 1 is fixedly mounted on an upper board card through a fixing column.

In some embodiments, the jaw 6 is provided with a guide post 61, and a clamping groove is arranged below the knob 5; the knob 5 receives and contacts the guide post 61 in response to downward movement of the key 3 to the locked position.

In some embodiments, the T-shaped sleeve 1 is provided with a fan-shaped slideway 11, the knob 5 is provided with a protrusion 52, and the protrusion 52 penetrates through the fan-shaped slideway 11 to extend outwards; the knob 5 rotates relative to the T-shaped sleeve 1 in response to the projections 52 moving along the scalloped ramps 11 under the influence of an external force.

In some embodiments, the pawl 6 releases the undercut 31 in response to rotation of the knob 5 relative to the T-shaped sleeve 1, allowing the key 3 to move upwardly from the locked position to the unlocked position under the influence of the spring force of the key 3 of the key spring 2 to disengage the upper and lower boards.

In some embodiments, the pawl 6 deforms the post 61 carrying the pawl 6 to release the undercut 31 in response to rotation of the knob 5 relative to the T-shaped sleeve 1.

In some embodiments, the return torsion spring 4 is fixedly connected to the T-shaped sleeve 1 at one end and to the knob 5 at the other end; the knob 5 is rotationally returned by the elastic force of the push button 3 of the return torsion spring 4 in response to the disappearance of the external force action against the protrusion 52.

In some embodiments, the arc of the fan-shaped chute 11 is 30 degrees.

In some embodiments, the T-shaped sleeve 1 is split from two half-sleeves; the key 3 and the key spring 2 are arranged between the two half-sleeves.

The T-shaped sleeve 1 disclosed by the invention has the main functions of wrapping the key 3 and is provided with a special fixing column for fixing on an upper-layer board card; the key spring 2 has the main function of resetting the key 3; the key 3 has the main functions that the key can be pressed by hands, and the reverse buckle 31 at the lower end of the key 3 is clamped on the clamping jaw 6 of the lower-layer board card to play a locking role; the main function of the reset torsion spring 4 is to reset the knob 5; the knob 5 has the main functions that a user rotates the knob 5 to drive the claws 6 to open and unlock the key 3; the main function of the clamping jaw 6 is to fix the lower-layer board card for locking the key 3.

In the assembling step, 1-5 are combined into a buckle module and fixed on the upper board card through a fixed column on the T-shaped sleeve 1. The upper plate and the lower plate are buckled, and the two guide posts 61 on the clamping jaw 6 are inserted into the two clamping grooves on the upper knob 5. The key 3 is pressed down and is matched and clamped with the clamping jaw 6 through the reverse buckle 31 characteristic at the tail end of the key 3, so that the upper plate clamp and the lower plate clamp are fixed together.

In the disassembly step, the knob 5 is rotated anticlockwise, the two clamping grooves in the knob 5 drive the two guide posts 61 on the clamping jaw 6, the clamping jaw 6 is opened by a certain angle, the key 3 is separated from the clamping jaw 6, and the key 3 is bounced upwards under the action of the key spring 2 to release the locking. Meanwhile, the knob 5 rotates clockwise to reset under the action of the torsion spring.

As can be seen from the above embodiments, the board card dismounting device provided by the embodiment of the present invention is fixedly mounted to the upper board card by using the T-shaped sleeve; the key is arranged on the inner side of the T-shaped sleeve, the lower end of the key is provided with an inverted buckle, and the key moves downwards from an unlocked position to a locked position in response to the upper end being stressed; the key spring is arranged on the inner side of the T-shaped sleeve and sleeved on the key, relaxes when responding to the situation that the key is in a non-locking position, and compresses and provides key elasticity when responding to the situation that the key moves downwards to a locking position; the clamping jaw is fixedly arranged on the lower board card, responds to the downward movement of the key to a locking position and clamps the inverted buckle, so that the T-shaped sleeve and the clamping jaw are translated together to assemble the upper board card and the lower board card; a knob disposed outside the T-shaped sleeve, the knob being rotatable relative to the T-shaped sleeve and the knob abutting the pawl in response to downward movement of the button to a locked position; the reset torsion spring is arranged on the inner side of the knob and is sleeved on the T-shaped sleeve, the reset torsion spring responds to the technical scheme that the knob rotates relative to the T-shaped sleeve to provide the rebound force for resetting the knob, and a plurality of parallel board cards can be quickly and conveniently locked and unlocked.

In view of the above, a second aspect of the embodiments of the present invention provides an embodiment of a board assembly for quickly and conveniently locking and unlocking a plurality of parallel boards. Fig. 1 is a general structural diagram of a first embodiment of a board card assembly provided by the present invention.

An upper board card and a lower board card to be disassembled and assembled;

the T-shaped sleeve is fixedly arranged on the upper board card;

the key is arranged on the inner side of the T-shaped sleeve, the lower end of the key is provided with an inverted buckle, and the key moves downwards from an unlocked position to a locked position in response to the upper end being stressed;

the key spring is arranged on the inner side of the T-shaped sleeve and sleeved on the key, and the key spring is configured to provide an upward biasing force for the key;

the clamping jaw is fixedly arranged on the lower board card, responds to the downward movement of the key to a locking position and clamps the inverted buckle, so that the T-shaped sleeve and the clamping jaw are translated together to assemble the upper board card and the lower board card;

a knob disposed outside the T-shaped sleeve, the knob being rotatable relative to the T-shaped sleeve and the knob abutting the pawl in response to downward movement of the button to a locked position;

the reset torsion spring is arranged on the inner side of the knob and is sleeved on the T-shaped sleeve, and the reset torsion spring is configured to provide reset rotary bias force for the knob.

In some embodiments, the T-shaped sleeve is provided with a fixing post; the T-shaped sleeve is fixedly mounted on the upper board card through the fixing column.

In some embodiments, the jaw is provided with a guide post, and the knob is provided with a clamping groove below; the knob receives and contacts the guide post in the card slot in response to downward movement of the key to the locked position.

In some embodiments, the T-shaped sleeve is provided with a fan-shaped slideway, the knob is provided with a protrusion, and the protrusion penetrates through the fan-shaped slideway to extend outwards; the knob rotates relative to the T-shaped sleeve in response to the protrusion moving along the scalloped ramps in response to an external force.

In some embodiments, the pawl releases the undercut in response to rotation of the knob relative to the T-shaped sleeve, causing the key to move upward from the locked position to the unlocked position under the influence of the key spring force of the key spring to disengage the upper and lower cards.

In some embodiments, the pawl deforms the post and the pawl to release the undercut in response to rotation of the knob relative to the T-shaped sleeve.

In some embodiments, the return torsion spring is fixedly connected at one end to the T-shaped sleeve and at the other end to the knob; the knob is rotationally reset by the action of the elastic force of the button of the reset torsion spring in response to the disappearance of the action of the external force aiming at the protrusion.

In some embodiments, the arc of the scalloped ramp is 30 degrees.

In some embodiments, the T-shaped sleeve is split from two half-sleeves; the key and the key spring are arranged between the two half sleeves.

It can be seen from the above embodiments that the board card assembly provided by the embodiment of the present invention is fixedly mounted to the upper board card by using the T-shaped sleeve; the key is arranged on the inner side of the T-shaped sleeve, the lower end of the key is provided with an inverted buckle, and the key moves downwards from an unlocked position to a locked position in response to the upper end being stressed; the key spring is arranged on the inner side of the T-shaped sleeve and sleeved on the key, relaxes when responding to the situation that the key is in a non-locking position, and compresses and provides key elasticity when responding to the situation that the key moves downwards to a locking position; the clamping jaw is fixedly arranged on the lower board card, responds to the downward movement of the key to a locking position and clamps the inverted buckle, so that the T-shaped sleeve and the clamping jaw are translated together to assemble the upper board card and the lower board card; a knob disposed outside the T-shaped sleeve, the knob being rotatable relative to the T-shaped sleeve and the knob abutting the pawl in response to downward movement of the button to a locked position; the reset torsion spring is arranged on the inner side of the knob and is sleeved on the T-shaped sleeve, the reset torsion spring responds to the technical scheme that the knob rotates relative to the T-shaped sleeve to provide the rebound force for resetting the knob, and a plurality of parallel board cards can be quickly and conveniently locked and unlocked.

The foregoing is an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, but it should be noted that various changes and modifications could be made herein without departing from the scope of the present disclosure as defined by the appended claims. The functions, steps and/or actions of the method claims in accordance with the disclosed embodiments described herein need not be performed in any particular order. Furthermore, although elements of the disclosed embodiments of the invention may be described or claimed in the singular, the plural is contemplated unless limitation to the singular is explicitly stated.

It should be understood that, as used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly supports the exception. It should also be understood that "and/or" as used herein is meant to include any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items. The numbers of the embodiments disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention are merely for description, and do not represent the merits of the embodiments.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will understand that: the discussion of any embodiment above is meant to be exemplary only, and is not intended to intimate that the scope of the disclosure, including the claims, of embodiments of the invention is limited to these examples; within the idea of an embodiment of the invention, also technical features in the above embodiment or in different embodiments may be combined and there are many other variations of the different aspects of an embodiment of the invention as described above, which are not provided in detail for the sake of brevity. Therefore, any omissions, modifications, substitutions, improvements, and the like that may be made without departing from the spirit and principles of the embodiments of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the embodiments of the present invention.