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US 6,480,391 B1Granted
Modular cage for an electronic component
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsWilliam Michael Monson, John Lee Colbert, Steven Dale Greseth, Mark G. Clark
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Abstract
A cage for an electronic component includes two spaced apart cast walls, and a roof member and a floor member connected to the two spaced apart cast walls. The walls are substantially identical, and the roof member and the floor member are each formed of a damped metallic laminate panel.
Claims35
A cage for an electronic component, comprising:
- two spaced apart modular, rigid, casted and interchangeable walls;
- and
- a roof member and a floor member removably connected to said two spaced apart walls;
- wherein said roof member and said floor member are each comprised of a prefabricated damped metallic laminate panel.
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A modular cage assembly for an electronic component, comprising:
- two spaced apart common rigid walls;
- and
- a kit comprising at least two differently sized roof members, and at least two differently sized floor members, each being selectively and removably connectable to said two spaced apart common rigid walls to form a cage with one of a plurality of different configurations.
A method of manufacturing a modular cage for accommodating an electrical component, comprising:
- providing two spaced apart common rigid walls;
- providing a kit having at least two differently sized roof members, and at least two differently sized floor members;
- selecting, from the kit, one of said roof members and one of said floor members;
- and
- connecting the selected one roof member and the selected one floor member to said two spaced apart common rigid walls.
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A computer system, comprising:
- a computer frame assembly;
- a backplane disposed within the computer frame assembly;
- a cage, including:
- two spaced apart cast walls;
- and
- a roof member, and a floor member, each being removably connectable to said two spaced apart cast walls;
- and
- an electrical component disposed within the cage and connected to said backplane;
- wherein said walls comprise casted zinc aluminum;
- and
- wherein said roof member and said floor member are each comprised of a damped metallic laminate panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.