Patent ID: 7663888

Claim:
A printed circuit board card apparatus comprising: a printed circuit board having first and second edges, each of the first and second edges having a given card thickness; a first alignment adaptor member fixedly secured to the printed circuit board at the first edge, the first alignment adaptor member having an adaptor thickness; and a second alignment adaptor member fixedly secured to the printed circuit board at the second edge, the second alignment adaptor member having said adaptor thickness; a card support including a card guide having a first channel supporting the first edge of the printed circuit card and the first alignment adaptor member, and having a second channel supporting the second edge of the printed circuit card and the second alignment adaptor member, wherein the first channel and the second channel have a given channel thickness, and wherein a sum of the card thickness and the adaptor thickness is approximately equal the given channel thickness, to provide alignment of the printed circuit board in the first and second channels of the card guide while being inserted into said channels, wherein the card support includes a faceplate having a rear surface having a faceplate channel having the given channel thickness and the printed circuit board has a fourth edge for inserting into the faceplate channel, and further comprising at least one third alignment adaptor member having the third thickness, said member fixedly secured to the printed circuit board at the fourth edge to align the printed circuit board in the channel of the faceplate.