Patent ID: 6323423
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
A housing for receiving a printed circuit board, such printed circuit board having a thickness within a range of thicknesses, such housing comprising:a support structure;a first guide slot attached to the support structure;a first member attached to the support structure, the first member having a second opposing guide slot aligned with and oriented toward the first guide slot, the first and second guide slots being adapted to receive corresponding opposing edges of a daughter board;a printed circuit board support member for fixing the printed circuit board relative to the first member;a second member attached to the support structure, the second member being movable relative to both the first member and the printed circuit board support member to provide an opening between the first and second members, such opening having a range of widths to accommodate the printed circuit board having a thicknesses within the range of thicknesses, the opening being adapted for receiving the printed circuit board transversely to the slots when the second member is moved away from the first member in an unsecured position, the first and second members being aligned and adjacent when the second member is moved toward the first member and the printed circuit board into a secured position, anda fastener mechanism adapted to urge the second member to slide toward the first member to clamp the printed circuit board in the opening between the first and second members when the first and second members are in contact with the printed circuit board to provide the secured position.