Patent ID: 7046520

Claim:
An electronic assembly having a chassis for housing at least one circuit board, the circuit board having first and second major surfaces and the circuit board also having first and second ends, wherein the first and second major surfaces of the circuit board run parallel to each other along a first axis, and the chassis having at least first and second walls respectively juxtapositioned along at least portions of the first and second major surfaces of the circuit board, the assembly including in combination: first circuit board support member means having a first end and a second end, said first end mechanically coupled to the first major surface of the circuit board between the first and second ends of the circuit board and said second end mechanically coupled to the first wall of the chassis; second circuit board support member means having a first end and a second end, said first end mechanically coupled to the second major surface of the circuit board between the first and second ends of the circuit board, and said second end including a slot formed therein running parallel to said second major surface of the circuit board; third circuit board support member means having a first end and a second end, said first end being located in said second circuit board support member means slot; a slot in said first wall, said first wall slot running along a second axis that is substantially perpendicular to the first axis and substantially parallel to the first major surface of the circuit board and said second end of said first circuit board support member means being located in said slot; and first fastening means also being located in said first wall slot, said first fastening means attaching said second end of said first circuit board support member means to the first wall of the chassis; said first, second, and third circuit board support member means cooperating with each other to attach the circuit boards to the chassis to thereby provide mechanical support to the circuit boards between the first and second ends thereof.