Patent ID: 6775131
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A sealing mechanism for a customer replaceable unit within a computer system, comprising:a faceplate for the customer replaceable unit, wherein latches are recessed into a trench in the front of the faceplate, wherein the backside of the faceplate has a protruding rim around the perimeter, and wherein the rim traces the recessed trench of the faceplate; a chassis-mating surface around the perimeter of a customer replaceable unit receptacle aperture in the computer system, wherein the chassis-mating surface contains a groove that accommodates the protruding faceplate rim, and wherein the chassis-mating surface has entrenched sections that accommodate the faceplate trench; and a compliant, contoured gasket seated in the groove of the chassis-mating surface.