Face plate for a chassis for high frequency components

A chassis for an electronic system, the chassis comprising:

• a housing having a plurality of walls defining an interior space, one of the walls having an opening to an interior space of the chassis;
• a pair of card guides carried by the housing, one of the guides in proximity to the top edge of the opening and the other guide in proximity to the bottom edge of the opening, each card guide having a plurality of openings to allow air to pass through the guide and a plurality of guide channels;
• the housing forming a trough adapted to receive optical cables, the housing having at least one opening into the trough for allowing the cables to pass through;
• a door panel hingedly secured to the housing for granting access to the trough;
• a back panel carried by the housing, the back panel having a plurality of interfaces;
• a pair of ejector rails having a plurality of openings, one of the rails located in proximity to the top edge of the opening and the other rail in proximity to the bottom edge;
• a pair of anchor surfaces;
• each of the anchor surfaces in proximity to one of the ejector rails;
• a plurality of circuit boards, each circuit board having a planar plate portion with a pair of planar surfaces and a plurality of edges including an upper edge and lower edge adapted to be received in one of the guide channels in one of the card guides, a back edge and at least a pair of front edges, the pair of front edges adjacent to each other and not parallel;
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• a plurality of face plates, each face plate including an elongated frame having at least two planar body portions each having a pair of planar surfaces, an outer surface and inner surface, and a pair of side edges, the planar body portions integrally formed to each other, the planes of the two planar body portions at an angle of between 25 and 55 degrees to each other, the elongated frame having a pair of free edges adjacent the planar surfaces and the pair of side edges, and the face plate including a pair of mounting devices, each mounting device carried by the elongated frame in proximity to the free edge, the pair of mounting devices offset from each other about the planar body portions, at least one of the mounting devices including an ejector and wherein the planar portion of the elongated frame has a protrusion on the outer surface for pivotably mounting the ejector, and the face plate has a plurality of printed circuit mounts carried on the inner surface of at least one of the planar body portions for attachment to the front edge of the circuit board.

A face plate for inserting and extracting a a printed circuit board having a pair of sides and a mating connector with respect to a card cage with spaced support rails and a backplane connector for engaging, respectively, the sides of the printed circuit board and the mating connector at the rear of the printed circuit board, said face plate comprising:

• a die cast elongated frame having three planar body portions, the second body portion interposed between the first and third body portions, the first and third planar body portions parallel and offset, the second body portion extending between and integral with the first and third body portions, the planar portion of the second portion at an angle between 25 and 55 degree from the planar portions of the first and third body portions;
• the first and third portions having a free edge opposite the second body portion;
• a protrusion projecting from the free end of the first and third planar body portion on the outer surface, the protrusion having an opening;
• a slot extending from the free ends in proximity to the protrusion;
• a notch extending from the free end and a side edge;
• an ejector pivotably attached to the protrusion of the planar body portion, the ejector having a pair of spaced teeth adapted to be received by an opening and a handle portion;
• a plurality of integral mounting bosses extending from the inner surface of the frame of the face plate;
• the planar portions having a plurality of openings for receiving connectors;
• at least one of the openings being on the second planar portion;
• an adapter carried by the second planar portion and adapted to pass cable through the frame of the face plate;
• a captive fastener extending from the inner surface of the frame in proximity to one of the ends adapted to secure the front panel to the anchor surface.