Patent ID: 6449171
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
A telecommunications device comprising:a chassis having a plurality of slots; a plurality of cardholders disposed in a one-to-one fashion within the slots, each cardholder affixed in a one-to-one fashion to a printed circuit board; and wherein each cardholder comprises: a telecommunications modular cardholder comprising: a generally rectangular body portion configured to affix to and secure a printed circuit board, the generally rectangular body portion formed from a workpiece and configured to fit in one of the plurality of slots; a front end portion at a first end of the body portion, the front end portion being generally rectangular and disposed in a plane generally perpendicular to the body portion; and a handle extending from the generally rectangular body portion, the handle formed integral with the body portion and formed from the workpiece, wherein the body portion is formed with an aperture having a shape substantially the same shape of the handle.