Patent ID: 7995346

Claim:
An electronics housing system adapted for electronic devices of the type including a main chassis unit and at least one removable module assembly mountable within the main chassis unit for supporting electronic circuitry components electro-optically coupled with the main chassis unit, the invention comprising: the removable module assembly having a main body including two opposing mounting edges and a connection edge; at least one of the mounting edges of the removable mounting assembly including an opening to vent a cooling air flow into an interior cavity of the main body of the removable module assembly from the main chassis unit; the main chassis unit having a pair of separated and opposing module mounting assemblies adapted to receive and secure the removable module assembly between the opposing module mounting assemblies; at least one of the pair of the opposing module mounting assemblies including a plenum means having an opening for communicating the cooling air flow into the removable module assembly; the at least one of the pair of module mounting assemblies of the main chassis unit further including a seal plate member having a base plate for securing to the at least one of the pair of module mounting assemblies of the main chassis unit and an affixed elastomeric and resilient seal member surrounding an opening formed through the base plate and extending from a surface of the base plate, the seal member forming a sealing air dam about the cooling air flow communicated through the plenum means of the at least one of the pair of module mounting assemblies of the main chassis unit; the at least one of the pair of module mounting assemblies of the main chassis unit including a pair of guide rails extending from the at least one of the pair of module mounting assemblies of the main chassis unit forming a U-shaped channel between the pair of guide rails for receiving at least one of the mounting edges of the removable module assembly; at least one of the mounting edges of the removable module assembly further includes at least one cooperating guide rail to protect a sealing surface from damage and is adapted to abut against one of the mating guide rails extending from the at least one of the pair of module mounting assemblies of the main chassis unit when the removable module assembly is mounted within the main chassis unit; and, the removable module assembly further includes latch means for clamping the at least one cooperating guide rail of the removable module assembly to at least one of the guide rails of the at least one of the pair of module mounting assemblies of the main chassis unit for providing a fixed structural boundary condition between the removable module assembly and the main chassis unit.