Card cage system

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2007-01-23

2007-01-23

Cuneo, Kamand (Department: 2841)

Electricity: electrical systems and devices

Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical...

For electronic systems and devices

C361S756000, C361S727000, C361S760000, C361S730000, C439S377000

Reexamination Certificate

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10638981

ABSTRACT:
A card cage system is provided that includes a middle card guide interposed between two end card guides in an electronic equipment enclosure. Each of the card guides includes one or more channels adapted to receive a card edge. The middle card guide includes a removable adapter element that, when present in the middle card guide, prevents insertion of double wide, or larger, cards while, at the same time, permitting insertion of two single wide cards in a side-by-side arrangement. When the adapter element is removed, a double-wide card can be received in the middle card guide such that it straddles the middle card guide. The edges of the double-wide card are received in the first and second end card guides. Thus, the card guide can be readily customized to accommodate a variety of card types and sizes, in various arrangements.

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Cocumentation entitled “Self-Clinching Cable Tie-Mount”, copyright 2001 by PEM Fastcning Systems, a PennEngineering company (4 pages).

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