Patent ID: 6752276
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: G06F,H05K

Abstract:
A support assembly for a circuit board, comprising:an elongate support rail having a number of abutment surfaces spaced along the length of the rail and facing in a first longitudinal direction thereof; and a support element mountable to the rail for movement along the rail, and comprising an engagement portion for supportingly engaging a circuit board, and a detent having a first position in which the detent is engageable with an abutment surface of the rail to prevent movement of the support element along the rail in a second longitudinal direction opposed to said first longitudinal direction, and a second position in which movement of the support element along the rail in said second longitudinal direction is permitted; wherein the support rail further comprises a number of second abutment surfaces facing in said second longitudinal direction and engageable by said detent of said support element in its first position to prevent movement of said support element in said first longitudinal direction; wherein the abutment surfaces and second abutment surfaces are formed by a number of holes penetrating the support rail, each hole providing an abutment surface and a second abutment surface.