Patent ID: 6842348

Claim:
In combination, a chassis for an RF management system and a plurality of RF modules, said combination comprising: identical right and left side walls, each side wall having a flange for mounting the chassis to a rack; identical upper and lower shallow U-shaped brackets connecting the side walls in substantially parallel, spaced relation, each bracket having a plurality of spaced slots therein for mounting a plurality of RF modules between the brackets; an elongated planar power bus fastened to the upper bracket, said power bus having a plurality of electrically interconnected first connectors mounted thereon in spaced relation for electrically connecting said power bus to said plurality of RF modules; two support bars connected between the side walls at a location spaced from the brackets; and fastener means for securing said plurality of RF modules in side-by-side relation to the brackets, wherein at least one of said plurality of RF modules comprises a power supply having a second connector adapted to connect with one of the plurality of electrically interconnected first connectors for supplying power to the power bus, and wherein said plurality of RF modules are mounted between the upper and lower brackets, and wherein each of said plurality of RF modules includes a housing with guide rails thereon for slidably engaging in the slots of a respective upper and lower bracket, and wherein the second connector is slidably and resiliently mounted to the housing so as to be vertically movable to facilitate engaging said one of the plurality of electrically interconnected first connectors.