Patent ID: 6098826
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: H02G,H04Q,H05K

Abstract:
A housing having a substantially rectangular prism shape and having a top side, a bottom side, a front side, a rear side and two lateral sides, said housing comprising:an upper plate forming said top side;a plurality of vertical members attached to said upper plate;a lower plate attached to said vertical members for forming said bottom side;a front side plate attached between said upper plate and said lower plate for forming said front side;a rear side plate attached between said upper plate and said lower plate for forming said rear side; andboth of said two lateral sides comprising:two main lateral side plates each attached between said upper plate and said lower plate, each of said two main lateral plates being adjacent to different ones of said front side and said rear side of said housing, said two main lateral side plates each having a female connector extending along one entire edge of each one of said two main lateral side plates in a direction perpendicular to said upper plate and said lower plate, said female connector being centrally located along said entire edge and spaced apart from front and rear faces of said main lateral side plates;said female connector having a rectangular shaped cavity tapered to a U-shaped end and two side walls of the female connector tapered to U-shaped ends;an auxiliary lateral side plate positioned between said two main lateral side plates, said auxiliary lateral side plate having a male connector extending along two entire lateral edges in a direction perpendicular to said upper plate and said lower plate for retentively engaging said female connector in each of said two main lateral side plates, said male connector being centrally located along said entire edge and spaced apart from front and rear faces of said auxiliary side plate;said male connector being rectangularly shaped with a U-shaped tapered end;said male connector having a thickness less than said auxiliary plate; anda length, width and thickness of said male connector corresponding to the cavity of said female connector.