Patent ID: 6442035
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
A one-piece metal card cage comprising a generally rectangular enclosure having a front opening to an interior space, said enclosure including top and bottom walls, opposite sidewalls and a backwall opposite from said front opening, a plurality of projection rows formed integrally in said top and bottom walls and extending into said interior space, said projection rows extending between said opposite sidewalls and being spaced-apart between said front opening and said backwall, each row of projections in said projection rows having a plurality of projections spaced-apart from one another in a direction extending between said sidewalls to define a plurality of card guide channels extending in a direction between said front opening and said backwall for receiving upper and lower edge portions of circuit cards, said guide channels in said projection rows being aligned in a direction extending between said front opening and said backwall, and said projections having ventilation openings therein.