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US 2004/0165366 A1Published application
Electronics assembly
AssigneeSun Microsystems, Inc.
InventorsJohn David Schnabel, Stephen David Sparkes
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AssigneeSun Microsystems, Inc.
InventorsJohn David Schnabel, Stephen David Sparkes
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An electronics assembly comprises: (i) a frame (1); and (ii) a motherboard (16) that is removable from the frame. One or more daughterboards (20) extend in a plane generally perpendicular to the plane of the motherboard; and a number of elongate guides (24) are provided for the daughterboards to enable each daughterboard to be moved toward the motherboard into engagement therewith and away from the motherboard out of engagement therefrom. The motherboard (16) has at least one location element (32) thereon, which can engage one of the elongate guides (24) in order to locate the guides and the motherboard with respect to one another. This assembly enables accurate positioning of the daughterboards and the motherboard for forming electrical connections between them even where large tolerances are present in other parts of the assembly.
An electronics assembly which comprises:
A frame for an electronics assembly which comprises:
A method of installing a motherboard in a frame for an electronics assembly comprising a plurality of guides for daughterboards, the guides extending generally normal to the plane of the motherboard, which method comprises:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.