Patent ID: 6728114
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
A circuit card guide mounted onto the surface of a circuit card cage having two finger pairs struck from the surface thereof and a centrally located medial arch struck from said surface, wherein the fingers of one finger pair are oppositely facing the fingers of the second finger pairsaid circuit card guide including an elongated body made of resilient material and having a longitudinal axis and a groove extending along its longitudinal length for receiving the edge of a printed circuit card, said groove being open at least at one end of said elongated body, said elongated body having a bottom surface, first and second outer surfaces extending along the longitudinal axis and being opposite each other with respect to said groove, each said outer surface having at least one lateral end tab at each end thereof, wherein the end tabs on one end of the elongated body of the circuit card guide define a first pair of end tabs and the end tabs on the opposite end of the elongated body define a second pair of end tabs each said end tab of the first pair of end tabs being received by one of said finger pairs, whereby flexing of said circuit card guide in the plane of said longitudinal axis allows the second pair of said end tabs to be received by the other of said finger pairs, and when said circuit card guide is allowed to return to an unflexed state, securely mount said circuit card on said surface without any portion of said circuit card guide protruding below said surface of said circuit card cage.