Card guide

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2002-02-12

2003-12-09

Martin, David (Department: 2841)

Electricity: electrical systems and devices

Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical...

For electronic systems and devices

C361S741000, C361S802000, C361S796000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06661673

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND
A card guide is located in a chassis. The card guide includes rails for receiving blades or cards. Examples of card guides include single-slot card guides that include a single pair of rails, and multi-slot or ganged card guides that include multiple pairs of rails.
A color of the card guide in one example indicates a type of a card that the card guide should receive. Under the CompactPCI® core Specification available from PCI (“Peripheral Component Interconnect”) Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group (“PICMG,” c/o Virtual, Inc., 401 Edgewater Place, Suite 500, Wakefield, Mass. 01880, U.S.A., PICMG 2.0 Revision 3.0, section 4.1.10, Oct. 1, 1999, www.picmg.com), the card guide rails should be colored red to indicate a system slot, and the card guide rails should be colored non-red to indicate a peripheral or non-system slot.
Changing a color of all or part of a card guide that is located in a chassis in one example requires removal of the card guide from the chassis.


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