Patent ID: 7126827
Filing Date: 2006-10-24
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
1. A frame for an electronics assembly which comprises a location in which a planar motherboard can be received and a plurality of guides that extend in a direction generally normal to the plane of the motherboard when it is received in the frame in order to enable a plurality of daughterboards to be located in the frame in engagement with the motherboard, the frame having: (i) an opening opposite the location for the motherboard to allow insertion of the daughterboards into the frame or removal of the daughterboards from the frame; and (ii) a flange that extends therealong at or adjacent to the opening and along which an injector/ejector mechanism for each daughterboard is attached or can engage at different locations along a length thereof; wherein the flange is divided into separate sections that correspond to the different locations to allow the flange to flex at any location therealong during insertion of a daughterboard without the flexing affecting a position of any adjacent location of the flange with respect to the location of the motherboard.