Patent ID: 7167380
Filing Date: 2007-01-23
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
1. A card cage system for an electronic equipment enclosure, the card cage system suitable for use with one or more functional modules that each include a corresponding card joined to a front panel that includes fasteners, and the card cage system comprising: (a) first and second end card guides disposed within the electronic equipment enclosure; (b) a middle card guide interposed between the first and second end card guides in a spaced apart arrangement and cooperating with the first and second end card guides to define at least one card storage level; and (c) first and second adapter elements joined to the first and second end card guides, respectively, and a third adapter element configured to be removably joined to the middle card guide, the adapter elements cooperating with the card guides so that a first card storage configuration is defined when the adapter elements are joined to the corresponding card guides, and a second card storage configuration being defined when adapter elements are present in only two of the card guides.