Patent ID: 6443322
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
An electronic equipment unit, comprising two components disposed in an installed relationship, wherein:one component is a support member having a substantially flat base and a substantially flat rear wall extending upwardly from the base, the rear wall including two horizontally spaced apart sets of fastener elements; the other component is a sub-unit having a substantially flat bottom resting on the base of the support member and having a substantially flat back abutting the rear wall of the support member, the back of the sub-unit having two spaced-apart sets of fastener elements arranged such that respective fasteners of each set engage corresponding respective fasteners of a corresponding set of the fasteners on the support member; a first one of the components includes two elongated alignment posts, each post being located adjacent to a corresponding set of fastener elements and extending toward the other component further than the fastener elements of the corresponding set; and a second one of the components includes two alignment openings into each of which extends a corresponding alignment post of the first component, the alignment openings being dimensioned and configured such that during installation the two components can be brought into a generally aligned relationship in which each alignment opening partially engages the corresponding alignment post and can then be urged together into the installed relationship.