Patent ID: 6680850
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
An electronics assembly which comprises a frame that contains a motherboard and a plurality of daughterboards that extend in a plane generally perpendicular to the plane of the motherboard and are connected to the motherboard by means of connectors, the frame having:(i) an opening opposite the motherboard to allow insertion of the daughterboards into the frame or removal of the daughterboards from the frame in a direction normal to the plane of the motherboard; (ii) an injector/ejector mechanism for each daughterboard that is located on the daughterboard or the frame and engages the frame or the daughterboard respectively in a region adjacent to the opening; and (iii) a flange that extends therealong at or adjacent to the opening and on which the injector/ejector mechanism of each daughterboard is attached or engages at different locations along the length thereof, wherein the flange is divided into separate sections that correspond to the different locations, by slots or slits that extend from an edge of the flange to allow each section of the flange to flex during insertion of a daughterboard without the flexing affecting the position of any adjacent section of the flange with respect to the motherboard and thereby accommodate differences in lengths of the daughterboards.