Patent ID: 6312279
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A modular component receiving apparatus comprising:(a) a connector for operatively connecting with a modular component when the modular component is in an installed position in the receiving apparatus;(b) a guide structure having a guide opening aligned with the connector so that the modular component may extend through the guide opening to the connector when the modular component is in the installed position;(c) an upper portion of the guide structure, the upper portion of the guide structure covering a distal edge of the modular component when the modular component is in the installed position; and(d) a first access feature at a first end of the guide structure and a second access feature at a second end of the guide structure, each access feature leaving a different end portion of the modular component exposed when the modular component is received in the guide opening in the installed position.