Adtran Gmbh

James Brian Coker

Grant Joseph Kruse

Jacob Daniel McCleary

R Randall Belk

Melanie L Andres

Joseph E Jasinski

Christopher Scott Andrews

Kevin O Roughton

Benjamin Robert Goode

Sherry S Eckholm

IP phone

Housing assembly for communications equipment

A blank, or dummy, face plate element engages top and bottom edges of a cabinet frame, directly behind a front panel card insertion opening that provides access to multiple card slots of an electronic equipment rack. The dummy face plate includes a rearwardly projecting, upper lip, that is located adjacent to a top edge of the face plate, and has a notch immediately adjacent to the rear surface of the face plate. The notch fits within and is captured by an upper edge of the cabinet frame. A rearwardly projecting, generally U-shaped, flexible lower lip is provided adjacent to a lower edge of the face plate and includes a pair of finger grips. The flexible lower lip has a ridge that becomes aligned with the lower edge of the faceplate when the lower lip is flexed upwardly toward the first lip, and a notch adjacent to the ridge that is captured by the cabinet frame. Card-simulating wall portions extend from the face plate alongside the upper and lower lips and are sized and shaped to fit within and slidably engage upper and lower card insertion tracks of an empty card slot, as the dummy face plate is installed.

Dummy front panel face plate for closing electronic circuit card

Growing community of inventors

Huntsville, AL, United States of America

James Brian Coker