Patent ID: 8149586
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: G11B,H05K

Abstract:
1. A tray keying mechanism, comprising: a bracket for mounting on the face of a backplane inside a modular chassis; a patterning of the bracket such that it will fit around a number of connector receptacles on said backplane, and that spans across a plurality of bays in said chassis that accommodate a plurality of modular equipment trays; and a plurality of posts disposed on the bracket that protrude out from said backplane, and wherein one of each post is associated with a particular one of the number of connector receptacles in a bay shared between them; wherein, no obstructions on a rear apron of a particular tray that is being inserted into a particular bay of the chassis will be encountered by the respective post on the bracket if such tray is a correct type and is correctly oriented for its final engagement with its corresponding connector receptacle on said backplane.