Patent ID: 6899406

Claim:
A housing for a telecommunications system, comprising: a housing base for accommodating modules and module frames; and a covering shroud connected releasably to said housing base and, with said housing base, enclosing the modules and the module frames, said covering shroud having a metal casing plate including a part forming at least part of said covering shroud and said casing plate having at least one opening formed therein, side parts connected, in part, to at least one of said casing plate and said housing base, and plastic moldings directly connected to said part of said casing plate and containing a ventilation grille covering said at least one opening in said casing plate, said plastic moldings to be lined up in a row one beside another in a direction from one of said side parts to the other of said side parts and said part of said casing plate and, said plastic moldings forming a continuous wall surface of said covering shroud.