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US 2003/0227752 A1Published application
Electronics assembly
AssigneeSun Microsystems, Inc.
InventorsAndrew John Yair, John David Schnabel, Sean Conor Wrycraft
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AssigneeSun Microsystems, Inc.
InventorsAndrew John Yair, John David Schnabel, Sean Conor Wrycraft
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An electronics assembly comprises: (i) a chassis (1); (ii) at least one front panel (40, 42) that is arranged in front of the chassis to obscure the chassis; and (iii) at least one device (60) that is mounted on the chassis and supports the or a front panel. The or each device (60) or the or each panel (40, 42) includes at least one retaining element (62) that extends out of the device or panel and is received in a recess in the or each panel or in the or each device respectively to retain the panel on the chassis. The element is manually retractable into the device or panel to allow the panel to be removed from the chassis. The assembly may include, for example, air filters in the panel(s), and these may be changed quickly so that the assembly does not need to be powered down.
An electronics assembly which comprises:
A chassis for an electronics assembly which includes at least one device that is mounted on the chassis for supporting a panel in front of the chassis to obscure it, wherein the or each device includes at least one retaining element that extends out of the device and can be received in a recess in the or each panel for retaining the panel on the chassis, the element being manually retractable into the device to allow the panel to be supported by, or removed from, the chassis.
A device for supporting a panel on the chassis of an electronics assembly, the device comprising an elongate body that is mountable on the chassis and has, at each end thereof, a retaining element that extends out of the device to be received in a corresponding recess of a panel and which is manually retractable into the device in order to release the panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.