Patent ID: 11873119
Assignee: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B  H

Claim 11:
12. A modular tray and rack structure, comprising:
a plurality of panels including at least a left side panel, a right side panel, and a back panel;
a plurality of transverse parallel ribs disposed on the interiors of the left and right side panels proximate to front and back edges of the left and right side panels, the ribs on the front edges corresponding in location to one another and to the ribs on the back edges, at least one rib having a central longitudinal axis and a narrow first slot disposed along the central longitudinal axis, and the ribs being spaced apart by wider second slots;
a plurality of trays slidingly received by the second slots on the front edges and the corresponding second slots on the back edges;
a backplane attached to an interior of the back panel and the back panel attached to the left and right side panels; and
a plurality of internal components comprising a plurality of first and second circuit boards, the first circuit boards being directly slidably received by the first slots of the front edges and the corresponding first slots of the back edges, and the second circuit boards being placed on the trays and the trays being slidably received by the second slots of the front edges and the corresponding second slots of the back edges, the first and second circuit boards electrically plugging into the backplane and the backplane routing power and signals to the internal components.