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An I/O bracket is mounted to a back panel of an enclosure defining connector access openings for exposing connectors mounted in the enclosure. The back panel defines a substantially rectangular opening having a circumferential wall perpendicular thereto. The bracket includes a plate having a primary

An I/O bracket is mounted to a back panel of an enclosure defining connector access openings for exposing connectors mounted in the enclosure. The back panel defines a substantially rectangular opening having a circumferential wall perpendicular thereto. The bracket includes a plate having a primary flange perpendicular thereto for movably fitting over the wall of the back panel. A second flange perpendicularly extends from the primary flange and defines a plurality of trapezoidal holes having a wide end and a narrow end. L-shaped pawls are stamped on the back panel for being received in the wide ends of the holes when the bracket is at a first unlocked position and engaging with the narrow ends of the holes when the bracket is moved with respect to the back panel to a second locked position and thus securing the bracket to the back panel. An extension is formed on a lateral edge of the bracket whereby when the bracket is moved to the second position, an additional part of the enclosure is mounted to the enclosure at a position abutting against the extension thereby preventing the bracket from moving back to the first position. Tabs are formed on an opposite lateral edge of the bracket for engaging with slots defined in the back panel when the bracket is moved from the first position to the second position for attaching the bracket to the back panel.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. An I/O bracket adapted to be mounted to an opening defined in a back panel of an enclosure of electronic apparatus for exposing connectors of the electronic apparatus comprising a plate having a size substantially corresponding to and thus closing the opening of the bac

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. An I/O bracket adapted to be mounted to an opening defined in a back panel of an enclosure of electronic apparatus for exposing connectors of the electronic apparatus comprising a plate having a size substantially corresponding to and thus closing the opening of the back panel and an engaging section extending from an edge of plate for slidably engaging the back panel whereby the I/O bracket is movable with respect to the back panel from a first unlocked position to a second locked position, securing means comprising a plurality of holes defined in the engaging section, each hole having a wide section and a narrow section, projections having an enlarged free end having a dimension greater than a first width of the narrow section of the holes and smaller than a second width of the wide section of the holes whereby when the I/O bracket is at the first position, the projections are received in the wide sections of the holes and when the I/O bracket is moved to the second position, the enlarged free ends of the projections engage with the narrow sections of the holes thereby securing the I/O bracket to the back panel.