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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2002
Jeffrey L. Beseth, Raymore, MO (US);
Walter J. Rolston, Overland Park, KS (US);
Garmin International, Inc., Olathe, KS (US);
Abstract
An electronic equipment module, as well as a system and a method for mounting electronic equipment modules are disclosed, an electronic equipment module is provided as a symmetrical casting. The electronic equipment module includes a first chassis unit which attaches to a second chassis unit. Each chassis unit has a mounting recess adapted to receive one or more circuit assemblies. The mounting recesses can be separated by a cover applied to one unit, the other unit, or both. The module is normally mounted within a unit rack, and thus, can have a removably attachable, and re-orientable keyed surface on its rear face which mates with a corresponding keyed surface on the interior surface of the unit rack. The mounting system includes a mounting frame, a plurality of electronic equipment modules, and a unit rack coupled to at least one of the electronic equipment modules and the mounting frame. The method of mounting an electronic equipment module includes inserting the module into an open end of a unit rack, electrically coupling connectors attached to the module and the interior surface of the unit rack, securing the module to the rack, and attaching the rack to the mounting frame. The module can be secured to the rack by rotating a cam lever rotatably attached to the module into an engaged position.