Patent · US Expired

Method of providing a sheet metal housing with precisely positioned mounting references

US4944082A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 27, 1989
Grant dateJul 31, 1990
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Expiry dateApr 27, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49901
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A sheet metal housing for an optical disk storage and handling apparatus which includes reference deformations provided in the sidewall panels of the sheet metal housing for locating mutually registerable components of the optical disk storage and handling system. A method of constructing such a sheet metal housing is also described.

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