Patent ID: 6128196
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
A system for housing a plurality of removable circuit boards each having a board connector removably interconnected with a respective motherboard connector of a motherboard installed in a chassis comprising:a chassis having side walls, a top and a floor together defining an opening and a rear side opposing the opening;a framework that engages the edge of a circuit board and that defines a bottom opening through which the circuit board connector projects and a rear pivot; anda pivot bracket that engages the rear pivot when the framework is fully inserted through the opening toward a location adjacent the rear side, the pivot and the pivot bracket being constructed and arranged so that, when the pivot engages the pivot bracket, the framework pivots between a disconnected position in which the circuit board connector is above and remote from the motherboard connector and a connected position in which the circuit board connector engages the motherboard connector, whereby the framework can be selectively inserted into and removed from the opening free of interference.