Card guide for mounting printed circuit boards and the like to electronic equipment housings
First Claim
1. A card guide for mounting printed circuit boards and the like to an electronic equipment housing, said card guide comprising:
- an elongated card guide body having a card-receiving guideway on an inwardly facing side of the card guide body; and
a card guide mounting structure on an outwardly facing side of the card guide body, the card guide mounting structure including a pair of spaced apart mounting feet dimensioned to be inserted through spaced apart mating openings in a wall of the electronic housing;
wherein the mounting feet are formed to cooperate with the openings in the housing so as to positively secure the guide to the housing wall.
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Abstract
A card guide for mounting printed circuit boards, electronic pathway or component carrying cards, or the like, to an electronic equipment housing having a wall with a pair of openings formed to receive mounting feet provided on the card guide. The card guide body includes a card-receiving guideway on an inwardly facing side of the body and a card mounting structure on the outwardly facing side of the body. The card mounting structure preferably includes L-shaped posts or feet having longitudinally extending portions which enable the card guide to be inserted through an opening in a housing wall to a position in which the L-shaped feet interlock with the housing wall adjacent to the openings. Most preferably the card guide body is resiliently flexible and can be bowed to allow insertion into pairs of mounting openings and will spring back once inserted to secure the card guide to the housing wall. Embodiments suitable for mounting the card guide to a single housing wall or a sandwich of two abutting housing walls are disclosed.
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20 Claims
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1. A card guide for mounting printed circuit boards and the like to an electronic equipment housing, said card guide comprising:
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an elongated card guide body having a card-receiving guideway on an inwardly facing side of the card guide body; and
a card guide mounting structure on an outwardly facing side of the card guide body, the card guide mounting structure including a pair of spaced apart mounting feet dimensioned to be inserted through spaced apart mating openings in a wall of the electronic housing;
wherein the mounting feet are formed to cooperate with the openings in the housing so as to positively secure the guide to the housing wall. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An electronic equipment chassis for supporting printed circuit boards and the like thereon, said chassis comprising:
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an inner wall;
a pair of spaced apart inner openings in the inner wall; and
a card guide for mounting printed circuit boards and the like to the electronic equipment chassis, the card guide including an elongated card guide body having a card-receiving guideway on an inwardly facing side of the card guide body, and a card guide mounting structure on an outwardly facing side of the card guide body, the card guide mounting structure including a pair of spaced apart mounting feet dimensioned to be inserted through the spaced apart openings in the inner wall of the electronic chassis;
wherein the mounting feet are formed to cooperate with the inner openings in the chassis so as to positively secure the guide to the inner wall. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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