Patent ID: 6256205
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
A card cage for supporting an array of printed circuit cards and permitting connection of the cards to a back plane, comprising:an upper guide plate having a top side integrally formed with opposed downwardly extending sides;a lower guide plate having a bottom side integrally formed with opposed upwardly extending sides;latch means cooperating between the downwardly extending sides of the upper guide plate and the upwardly extending sides of the lower guide plate for connecting the guide plates together and retaining them in fixed disposition; andlatch means cooperable between the top side of said upper guide plate and the bottom side of said lower guide plate wherein multiple card cages can be stacked one on top of another and latched together without the need for fasteners;wherein the sides of the upper and lower guide plates are provided with cooperating tongue and groove means for alignment of the sides of said guide plates and the prevention of horizontal movement between the guide plates.