Stabilizing apparatus for plug-in card, chassis, and associated manufacturing method
AssigneeEMC IP Holding Company LLC
InventorsHaifang Zhai, David Dong, Hendry Xiaoping Wu, Yujie Zhou
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a stabilizing apparatus for a plug-in card, a chassis including the stabilizing apparatus and associated manufacturing method. The stabilizing apparatus comprises a fixed part adapted for attaching the stabilizing apparatus to a chassis for supporting the plug-in card and a contact part electrically coupled to a ground terminal of the chassis and movable towards the plug-in card supported on the chassis along a first positive direction perpendicular to an extended plane of the plug-in card, so as to contact the plug-in card.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a chassis configured for mounting to a storage device, the chassis including an end panel defining a panel opening configured for reception of a plug-in card, the chassis configured to support the plug-in card;
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- a stabilizer mounted to the chassis, the stabilizer including:
- a contact part movable towards the plug-in card supported by the chassis along a first direction to contact the plug-in card;
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- a transmission pole operatively coupled to the contact part, the transmission pole movable in a second direction transverse to the first direction, the transmission pole configured such that movement of the transmission pole in the second direction causes corresponding movement of the contact part in the first direction to contact the plug-in card.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a chassis configured for supporting a plug-in card;
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- a stabilizer mounted to the chassis, the stabilizer including:
- a contact part movable towards the plug-in card supported on the chassis along a first direction perpendicular to a plane of the plug-in card, so as to contact the plug-in card;
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- a transmission pole operatively coupled to the contact part, the transmission pole movable in a second direction transverse to the first direction, the transmission pole configured such that movement of the transmission pole in the second direction causes corresponding movement of the contact part in the first direction to contact the plug-in card.
A method, comprising:
- supporting a plug-in card within a chassis mounted to a storage device;
- mounting a stabilizer to the chassis;
- electrically coupling a contact part of the stabilizer to the chassis;
- moving the contact part of the stabilizer toward the plug-in card supported on the chassis along a first direction perpendicular to a plane of the plug-in card, such that the contact part contacts the plug-in card;
- coupling a transmission pole to the contact part;
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- moving the transmission pole in a second direction transverse to the first direction to cause corresponding movement of the contact part in the first direction to contact the plug-in card.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.