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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1998
David K Kim, San Jose, CA (US);
Barry Marshall, San Jose, CA (US);
Ronald Barnes, Livermore, CA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A module consists of a shroud or enclosure attached to a card containing heat-emitting electronic components or to a stack of two or more vertically spaced cards; one or all of which have heat sinks in thermal contact with at least some of the electronic components. The shroud is apertured to control air flow in many directions over the components and heatsinks. A hinge member extends along one edge of the module shaped to be inserted in a slot in a panel to establish a hinge. As the shroud is pivoted about the hinge, horizontal electrical contacts on the panel and at least one card interengage and vertical contacts on one of the cards remote from the hinge simultaneously interengage. The contour of the shroud aids in installing or removing the module.