US 5,938,302 AGranted

Multiple enclosures and method

AssigneeAmco Engineering Co.

InventorsThomas E. Anderson, Glen A. Stelzer, Jerry L. Young

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Abstract

An electronic component enclosure system with main channel configurations which constitute the four corners and vertical support of a multiple enclosures. The channels are essentially a right angle with a vertex of the angle chamfered, or a right angle of two faces with means for joining the same at the corners, irrespective of whether the means are a sharp bend, a chamfer, and the like. The lateral faces of the channel terminate in recessed gutters. The gutters are essentially a J-shaped reverse bend in most instances. The mating channels are in such a side by side relationship that they require a relatively sharp bend at the right angle of the sections which, in turn, presents a flush surface appearance from the front, and which can be RFI shielded since the vertical channels are all essentially imperforate.

Claims4

Dependent claims

An electronic component enclosure having a frame comprising a plurality of enclosures, each of said enclosures has an enclosure frame and respective closure panels,

said enclosure frame having a main channel corner member forming to have an outer face and a side face, wherein each of said faces joins the other face to define an outer corner of a main channel;
said main channel having reversely folded lateral edges at remote edges of the outer face and the side face to form a J-shaped channel;
whereby a plurality of said main channels are secured by top cross ties and bottom cross ties, wherein each of said cross ties has a reversely folded J-shaped lateral edge complementary to that of the main channel;
each of said enclosures abutting face to face with another of said enclosures at an essentially right angle corner, wherein the outer faces and side faces intersect;
said enclosures having an outer end portion without an adjacent enclosure, terminating the two faces of the main channel member with a chamfer which is at an angle with each of the two faces;
a plurality of front and rear cross ties, each of said cross ties has a lateral edge with a reversely folded J-shaped portion defining a gutter;
whereby after all of the enclosures are secured to each other, a frame is provided on each side;
and
front and rear portions having J-shaped gutters for receiving panels with an RFI shielding material in the gutters for surrounding the enclosures.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 09/092,730Filed 5 Jun 1998 · continuation in part
Priority: 22 Sep 1995
Granted: 17 Aug 1999
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

A47B 96/145
Bars, uprights, struts, or like supports, for cabinets, brackets, or the like: composite members, i.e. made up of several elements joined together
H02B 1/301
Cabinet-type casings; Parts thereof or accessories therefor: mainly consisting of a frame onto which plates are mounted
H02B 1/308
Cabinet-type casings; Parts thereof or accessories therefor: mounting of cabinets together
H02B 1/014
Frameworks: corner connections for frameworks

Family

Serial532,271Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 22 Sep 1995
Serial719,899Parent doc · filed 25 Sep 1996
US 5,639,150 AParent of this continuation-in-part · filed 17 Jun 1997
US 5,806,945 AParent grant document
US 5,938,302 AThis patent

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