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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7934608 | Rack for transport and storage A collapsible rack for transport and storage, includes a first and a second panel and a plurality of distance bars. The first and second panel include a groove side including at least one groove. A first and a second edge is arranged on opposite sides and adjacent t... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7891502 | Circuit board carrier A circuit board carrier has main frame, at least one first holder, at least one slide and at least one second holder. The first and second holders are mounted on and selectively slide on the main frame. The slide is mounted on and selectively slides on the correspon... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7369416 | Electrically shielded module carrier Electric or electronic modules may be carried by an electrically shielded module carrier that includes a cover element and a base element enclosing at least one mounting region which is divided into a front section and a rear section by an intermediate wall card. Ho... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7360660 | Accommodation apparatus of electronic unit An accommodation apparatus accommodates a unit which needs maintenance from at least three planes. The accommodation apparatus includes a chassis, a first frame structure configured to accommodate the unit, and a supporting mechanism coupled to the first frame struc... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359612 | Space efficient network hardware mounting brackets and communications equipment mounting systems incorporating same A communications equipment mounting system includes an equipment frame bay having first and second vertically oriented members in opposing spaced-apart relationship and a plurality of support shelves disposed within the equipment frame bay. Each support shelf is sec... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358295 | Hybrid polymer composition, and article therefrom An anti-static polymer composition comprises a thermoformable, moldable, hybrid urethane-vinyl polymer composition which exhibits relatively low surface and volume resistivities and good toughness. The hybrid polymer composition can be made without volatile organic ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355861 | Card guide for mounting printed circuit boards and the like to electronic equipment housings A card guide for mounting printed circuit boards, electronic pathway or component carrying cards, or the like, to an electronic equipment housing having a wall with a pair of openings formed to receive mounting feet provided on the card guide. The card guide body in... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355850 | Vented and ducted sub-rack support member A chassis for plug-in modules may be provided with a vented and ducted sub-rack support member. The vented and ducted sub-rack support member may deflect a portion of the air flowing within the chassis through vents in the top surface of the vented and ducted sub-ra... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7349227 | Electronic control device An electronic control device includes a circuit substrate consisting of four rigid portions and intervening flexible portions which are serially connected to each other. This circuit substrate is accommodated in a casing in such a manner that respective flexible por... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342807 | Modules for a measuring device and measuring device The invention relates to a module for a measuring device and to a measuring device. The inventive module for a measuring device is provided with a plug-in contact element for the electrical contact of the plug-and-socket plate of the measuring device which is used f... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7334691 | Glass substrate cassette A glass substrate cassette includes a bottom structure, a top structure, and a pair of side supports affixed to space the bottom structure and the top structure for forming an accommodation space in between. A plurality of support plates are horizontally affixed bet... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7326077 | Fixing device for an extension card A fixing device for an extension card having a bracket with a bent portion has a casing and a metal pressing member. The casing has a support portion. The metal pressing member has a longitudinal bottom plate, a pivotal structure, and a resilient latching structure.... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327565 | Mounting apparatus for storage devices A mounting apparatus includes a bracket (50) for receiving a storage device (60) therein. A position-translating member (10) is attached to outside of the bracket selectively at first and second positions. A slidable member (30) is slidab... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324349 | Method and apparatus for coupling a modular component to a chassis A modular component coupling apparatus includes a chassis and a plurality of guide members mounted in the chassis which define a component channel, the plurality of guide members each including a first end and a second end, the second end including a component secur... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324348 | Telecommunications chassis and card A chassis and associated telecommunication circuit card are disclosed. The chassis has heat dissipation and flame containment features while accommodating a high density of the circuitry cards. Embodiments include an inner housing with a double-layer middle floor di... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320615 | Grounding spring plate for blade server and its mounting structure A grounding spring plate mounting structure includes a metal grounding spring plate mounted on each track inside a case for blade server to secure and ground a computer motherboard blade. The metal grounding spring plate has a flat base fitted into a recessed portio... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7319586 | Disk-drive enclosure having drives in a herringbone pattern to improve airflow and method A system and method for an improved multiple hard-disk-drive data-storage enclosure. Some embodiments position drives in counter-rotating pairs, each simultaneously accessing half the data, such that seek-caused actuator rotational-acceleration vibration cause simul... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316459 | Modular expandable display case A display case includes at least one L shaped bottom member having a bottom and an upstanding back along with an L shaped top member having a top and a depending back. A tongue is disposed on an edge of one of the backs and a groove is disposed on an edge of another... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7304856 | Assembly for holding circuit cards An assembly for holding circuit cards may comprise a plurality of slots, each slot being configured to receive a circuit card. At least one slot may be modifiable so as to permit the at least one slot to hold circuit cards having differing depths. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304865 | Bridged parallel distributing frame A distributing frame (for example, FIG. 11) comprising a first distribution portion having a first series of verticals, and a first series of horizontal shelves; a second distribution portion having a second series of verticals, and a second series of horizon... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7289318 | Auxiliary fixing mechanism for an interface card An auxiliary fixing mechanism is used for fixing an interface card to the housing of a computer. The auxiliary fixing mechanism includes an I/O window and an auxiliary fastener. The I/O window has a fixing slot and a first screw hole. The auxiliary fastener includes... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289337 | Electronic card with braced structure The field of the invention is that of electronic computers that have to operate in a harsh mechanical environment. One of the main fields of application relates to computers for on-board fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft avionics systems operating in a highly vibr... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7270056 | Print stripper for ESD control A system may include a static dissipative device to secure a semiconductor component, and a printer to print indicia on the semiconductor component while the semiconductor component is secured with the static dissipative device. ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272013 | Interchangeable design support system A support system comprising a chassis having an interchangeable design and layout is disclosed. The support system further includes a front panel, a rear panel, an indicator segment, and an outlet segment. The indicator and outlet segments are detachably mounted to ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7264490 | Electronic equipment module with latching injector/ejector A module includes a panel having a groove. An injector/ejector may be coupled to the panel. The injector/ejector may reside in the groove when the injector/ejector is in a closed position. A latch member may be coupled to the panel. The latch member may selectively ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7265988 | Circuit board module including an integral connector panel In one embodiment, a circuit board module comprises a circuit board that includes a processor and memory, and a connector panel that provides access to connectors that are connected to the circuit board, wherein the connector panel and the circuit board are connecte... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7259487 | Electric machine including circuit board mounting means An electric machine having a stator assembly that includes a stator core and a coil supported by the stator core and a rotor assembly that includes a shaft and a rotor supported by the shaft that is in magnetic interaction with the stator core. The electric machine ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7246708 | Adjustable cassette for substrates A cassette (1) for holding and transporting substrates includes a chassis (11), a pair of supporting walls (30) facing each other, a pair of first pivot elements (40), and a pair of second pivot elements (42). The first and second ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243417 | Device for circuit board insertion and extraction An apparatus for facilitating the insertion and extraction of a PC board into and from a card cage, comprising a mounting body, an engager, and an actuator. In a preferred embodiment, the apparatus has a ring-shaped mounting body having a clearance hole therethrough... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7238543 | Methods for marking a bare semiconductor die including applying a tape having energy-markable properties A method used for marking a semiconductor wafer or device. The method and apparatus have particular application to wafers or devices which have been subjected to a thinning process, including backgrinding in particular. The present method comprises reducing the cros... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239528 | Techniques for accommodating variations in chassis tolerances Techniques for accommodating chassis tolerances use joiners which enable outer side panels for a front card cage to reference a front side of a midplane, and outer side panels for a rear card cage to reference a rear side of the midplane. The joiners couple the oute... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7221565 | Grounding part of hard disk against EMI and shock The present invention is to provide a grounding part of hard disk (HDD) against EMI and shock, which includes a HDD body and two conducting frames, wherein the two conducting frames are composed of a narrow vertical plane and two parallel planes extending along two ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221572 | Housing assembly for stacking multiple computer modules The invention is directed towards assemblies of electrical or electronic circuit boards. More specifically, the present invention relates to an assembly for housing multiple computer circuit boards. The assembly include a housing that has several railing coupled to ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218526 | Multi-configurable telecommunications rack mounting system and method incorporating same A rack computer system. In one embodiment, a rack structure having a pair of mounting legs each having a rail interface oriented in a plane transverse to the pair of mounting legs. The rack computer system also has a computer chassis having a pair of mounting rails ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7209359 | Universal memory module/PCB storage, transport, automation handling tray An adjustable tray for a semiconductor device, and method of using the tray for handling the device, are provided. Each tray comprises a front frame segment and a back frame segment opposing the front frame segment, and a pair of opposing side frame segments secured... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7201651 | Louver heat vent for chassis of computer A louver heat vent for a chassis of a computer, which is mounted in an opening of the chassis, has two shafts and multiple slats. The shafts each have a channel, into which fasteners of the slats can be inserted. The slats are stacked to conceal and shield the inter... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7193863 | Electronics packaging assembly with parallel circuit boards and a vibration stiffener An electronics packaging assembly (100) includes: an assembly housing (120); a plurality of printed circuit boards (110; 210) arranged in parallel within the assembly housing (120); and a vibration stiffener (140; 240). The printed... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7188736 | Structure for racking substrates A structure for racking substrates includes first to fourth main legs isolated from one another at intervals wider than widths of both long sides and both short sides of a substrate, first to fourth protrusions respectively protruded from the first to fourth main le... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7177162 | Enclosure for a network communications module An electronic device that includes a housing that defines an envelope and that defines a horizontal routing channel within the envelope. A plurality of boards is arranged horizontally within the housing and at least one board includes input-output ports. At least on... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7170755 | Electronics card with an alignment opening An electronics card, such as a backplane, is precisely aligned with a structure, such as a card cage, via alignment tabs by forming the electronics card to have alignment openings that extend through the electronics card and snuggly accept the tabs. The alignment op... | 01/30/2007 |
