Patent ID: 8345426

Claim:
A guide system for an electronic device having a card module mated with a header, the guide system comprising: guide rails configured to guide the card module for mating with the header, the guide rails comprising: a main wall extending along a longitudinal axis between a front end and a rear end, the rear end configured to be positioned proximate to the header, the main wall having a side facing the card module; board guides extending from the side of the main wall, the board guides extending along the side parallel to the longitudinal axis, the board guides defining tracks configured to receive the card module to guide a rear end connector of the card module to the header; and heat sink flanges extending from the side of the main wall at a spaced apart location from the board guides, the heat sink flanges extending along the side parallel to the longitudinal axis, the heat sink flanges extending outward from the side of the main wall to engage a heat sink of the card module to dissipate heat from the heat sink of the card module to the main wall.