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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2000
Matthew Allen Butterbaugh, Rochester, MN (US);
Max John Christopher Koschmeder, Oronoco, MN (US);
William Michael Monson, Rochester, MN (US);
Gary Allen Thompson, Pine Island, MN (US);
Brian Joseph Stanczyk, Rochester, MN (US);
Wesley H. Bachman, Rochester, MN (US);
Michael Scott Good, Byron, MN (US);
Kevin Robert Qualters, Rochester, MN (US);
Raymond Floyd Babcock, Stewartville, MN (US);
Todd Douglas Green, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An enclosure arrangement includes a chassis, and a central electronics complex. The central electronics complex has a cage removably positioned within the chassis. The cage has an open top providing access into the interior of the cage. The central electronics complex also includes a backplane arranged in a horizontal position, and forming a floor of the cage. The backplane has at least one card slot on a surface thereof. The central electronics complex further includes at least one circuit board disposed in the interior of the cage and being removably received by the card slot. The circuit board is arranged in a vertical position so that a gravitational force helps retain the circuit board in the card slot. The cage is removably positioned within the chassis. At least one rail connects the cage to the chassis. The cage is disposed on the rail, and is guidable into the chassis using the rail.