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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1998
Willard O Hoyle, Jr, Sterling, MA (US);
Robert Craig Abraham, Ashland, MA (US);
Keith A St Pierre, Stow, MA (US);
Vincent T Curran, Walpole, MA (US);
Lucent Technologies, Inc., Holmdel, NJ (US);
Abstract
A chassis system for housing a plurality of circuit boards, such as PCI standard bus boards, provides a rack-mountable chassis having an open front side and a motherboard with a plurality of board connectors arranged side-by-side with respect to the front end. The boards are mounted in individual frameworks that facilitate ready installation and removal from the chassis. In particular, the chassis includes a plurality of tracks on its top, aligned with each of the motherboard connectors. The tracks receive a track-engaging portion of each framework. A board-carrying portion of the framework is connected to the track-engaging portion by a lifter mechanism, such as a set of sloped slots and interengaging rollers. The framework can be inserted and removed from the chassis with the board connector raised above the motherboard connector. When the board connector is fully aligned with the motherboard connector in the chassis, the lifter mechanism can be operated to lower the board and its board connector into engagement with the motherboard connector.