Patent ID: 6131274
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for guiding a plurality of vertically oriented circuit boards into an electronic chassis comprising:a plurality of circuit board guides spaced apart along a bottom portion of the electronic chassis, each of the plurality of circuit board guides including a first end adjacent to a front side of the electronic chassis, the plurality of circuit board guides defining a plurality of slots for receiving the plurality of vertically oriented circuit boards, each of the plurality of slots configured to receive one of the plurality of vertically oriented circuit boards, a plurality of insertion guide members, one of the plurality of insertion guide members positioned at the first end of each of the plurality of circuit board guides, the plurality of insertion guide members defining a plurality of passageways, the plurality of passageways in communication with the plurality of slots, wherein the plurality of insertion guide members guide the plurality of vertically oriented circuit boards through the plurality of passageways into the plurality of slots and prevent the plurality of vertically oriented circuit boards from contacting the first end of the plurality of circuit board guides.