Rigid PCMCIA frame kit
First Claim
1. In a PCMCIA frame kit for receiving a planar electronic device for electrical engagement with a complementary device in electronic equipment, said kit comprising a pair of matable, metal cover members, where each said cover member is integrally molded to a dielectric frame upon which said planar electronic device is seated, the improvement comprising in combination therewith the provision of each said frame including at least a pair of side rails, where said pair of side rails on one cover member includes plural, circular, upstanding pins having a predetermined diameter, and said pair of side rails on the other cover member including a like plurality of holes, where the cross section of said holes exhibits a multi-sided configuration with the diametrical distance between opposing corners being slightly greater than said predetermined diameter, and the diametrical distance between opposing said sides is slightly less than said predetermined diameter, whereby a normal force applied between said covers effects a force fit between each respective pin and its multi-sided hole.
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Abstract
This invention is directed too a PCMCIA frame kit having improved stability, where the kit is intended to receive a planar electronic device for electrical engagement with a complementary device in electronic equipment. The kit comprises a pair of matable, metal cover members, where each cover member is integrally molded to a dielectric frame upon which the planar electronic device is seated. The improved feature is the provision of each frame including at least a pair of side rails, where at least one side rail pair on one cover member includes plural, circular, upstanding pins having a predetermined diameter, the matable side rail on the other cover member includes a like plurality of holes to receive a corresponding pin. In a preferred embodiment, the cross section of holes exhibits a multi-sided configuration with the diametrical distance between opposing corners being slightly greater than the predetermined diameter, and the diametrical distance between opposing sides in slightly less than the predetermined diameter. By this arrangement a normal force applied between the covers effects a force fit between each respective pin and its multi-sided hole.
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- 1. In a PCMCIA frame kit for receiving a planar electronic device for electrical engagement with a complementary device in electronic equipment, said kit comprising a pair of matable, metal cover members, where each said cover member is integrally molded to a dielectric frame upon which said planar electronic device is seated, the improvement comprising in combination therewith the provision of each said frame including at least a pair of side rails, where said pair of side rails on one cover member includes plural, circular, upstanding pins having a predetermined diameter, and said pair of side rails on the other cover member including a like plurality of holes, where the cross section of said holes exhibits a multi-sided configuration with the diametrical distance between opposing corners being slightly greater than said predetermined diameter, and the diametrical distance between opposing said sides is slightly less than said predetermined diameter, whereby a normal force applied between said covers effects a force fit between each respective pin and its multi-sided hole.
- 11. In a PCMCIA frame kit for receiving a planar electronic device for electrical engagement with a complementary device in electronic equipment, said kit comprising a pair of matable, metal cover members, where each said cover member is integrally molded to a dielectric frame upon which said planar electronic device is seated, the improvement comprising in combination therewith the provision of each said integral cover member and dielectric being essentially identical to one another, and that each said frame includes a first and second side rail, where said first side rail includes a plural, circular, upstanding pins having a predetermined diameter, and said second side rail includes a like plurality of holes, where the cross section of said holes exhibit a multi-sided configuration with the diametrical distance between opposing corners being slightly greater than said predetermined diameter, and the diametrical distance between opposing said sides is slightly less than said predetermined diameter, whereby a normal force applied between said covers effects a force fit between the respective pins of said first side rail and the multi-side hole of the second side rail of the other cover member.
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