Housing for personal computer cards

US5921385A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Stocko Metallwarenfabriken · DE

Inventors

• Stefan Plotz · Iserlohn, DE
• Walter Gross · Massapequa, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 5, 1997
• Grant date: Jul 13, 1999
• Expiry date: Sep 5, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H05K5/0269
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A housing for a personal computer card has a U-shaped plastic frame including flexible lateral arms and a connecting stay connecting the lateral flexible arms. The flexible lateral arms and the connecting stay define a plane of the plastic frame and delimit an inner receiving space for a personal computer card. The U-shaped plastic frame has an open end opposite the connecting stay for inserting a personal computer card into the plastic frame. The plastic frame has a guide arrangement open inwardly relative to the inner receiving space. The guide arrangement positions and secures the personal computer card in the plastic frame laterally and in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the plastic frame after insertion of the personal computer card into the inner receiving space.