Enclosure with pre-formed interchangeable panels
OwnerEric K. D. Chan, King Sum Chuinventors
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Abstract
An enclosure for an electronic device has a front opening and rear opening formed by a base casing and a U-shaped cover mounted together thereon. A plurality of modular plates with electrical components pre-mounted thereon are removably and interchangeably mounted at selected positions in the front opening and rear opening of the base casing. The modular plates have an extension bottom leg portion having a shape and configuration with a complementary to those of mounting openings formed in even spacings along the entire length of the edge portion of the base casing. The modular plates also have an upper extension lip engageable with elongated channels formed on an underside edge portion of the front edge and rear edge of the cover.
Claims14
An enclosure for an electronic device comprising,
- a generally rectangular base casing having an elongated front edge and an elongated rear edge,
- a generally U-shaped cover adapted for mounting over said base casing for forming an enclosure, said cover having a front edge aligned with said front edge of said base casing and forming a front opening therewith, and cover having a rear edge aligned with said rear edge of said base casing and forming a rear opening therewith,
- a plurality of mounting openings formed in an evenly spaced manner along said front edge and said rear edge of said base casing, all of said mounting openings having an identical predetermined shape,
- a plurality of interchangeable modular plates removably mounted along said front edge and said rear edge of said base casing, all of said modular plates having a bottom extension leg portion having a complementary shape of said predetermined shape of said mounting openings and adapted to be interchangeably inserted into selected mounting openings for mounting to said base casing.
An enclosure for an electronic device comprising,
- a generally rectangular base casing having an elongated front edge and an elongated rear edge,
- a plurality of rectangular mounting openings formed along an edge portion of both said front edge and said rear edge of said base casing,
- a generally U-shaped cover adapted to cover said base casing, said cover having a front edge aligned with said front edge of said base casing and forming a front opening therewith, and said cover having a rear edge aligned with said rear edge of said base casing and forming a rear opening therewith, said U-shaped cover having a first channel formed in the entire length of an underside edge portion of said front edge therein, and a second channel formed in the entire length of an underside edge portion of said rear edge therein, said first channel being positioned directly above said mounting openings in said front edge of said base casing and said second channel being positioned directly above said mounting openings in said rear edge of said base casing when said cover is mounted over said base casing,
- a plurality of mounting openings formed in an evenly spaced in an edge portion along the entire length of said front edge and said rear edge of said base casing, all of said mounting openings having a predetermined shape and configuration,
- a plurality of modular plates removably and interchangeably mountable in any selected positions in said edge portion of said front edge and said rear edge of said base casing for enclosing said front opening and said rear opening, said modular plates having a bottom leg having a complementary shape and configuration of said predetermined shape and configuration of said mounting openings, said modular plates having an upper extension lip portion engageable with said first channel and said second channel of said cover.
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