Biasing covers with clips
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsHsin-Tso Lin, Hung-Sung Pan
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Abstract
In some examples, the disclosure describes a connector comprising a cover comprising a cover top, a first clip coupled to a first end of the cover, the first clip including a first lever and a first hook, a second clip coupled to a second end of the cover, the second clip including a second lever and a second hook, and a biasing member coupled to the cover top and disposed between the first clip and the second clip, the biasing member to apply pressure to the connector while the connector is disposed between the biasing member and the first hook and the second hook.
Claims20
A connector comprising:
- a cover comprising:
- a cover top;
- a first clip coupled to a first end of the cover, the first clip including a first lever and a first hook;
- a second clip coupled to a second end of the cover, the second clip including a second lever and a second hook;
- and
- a biasing member coupled to the cover top and disposed between the first clip and the second clip, the biasing member to apply pressure to the connector while the connector is disposed between the biasing member and the first hook and the second hook.
A circuit board, comprising:
- a connector coupled to the circuit board;
- a computing module connected to the connector;
- and
- a cover coupled to the connector, the cover comprising:
- a cover top;
- a first guidepost and a second guidepost coupled to the cover top;
- a first edge guide and a second edge guide disposed between a first end of the cover and a second end of the cover, the second edge guide being substantially parallel to the first edge guide;
- a first end guide coupled to the first end of the cover;
- a second end guide coupled to the second end of the cover, the second end guide being substantially parallel to the first end guide;
- and
- a biasing member coupled to the cover top and disposed between the first guidepost and the second guidepost.
A computing device comprising:
- a circuit board including a first side and a second side, the circuit board comprising:
- a connector coupled to the first side of the circuit board, the connector including a first segment and a second segment;
- a computing module connected to the connector;
- a cover to couple to and support a first portion the computing module, the cover comprising:
- a cover top;
- a first guidepost and a second guidepost coupled to the cover top, wherein the first guidepost and the second guidepost slide into corresponding apertures of the first segment of the connector, the computing module, and the second segment of the connector to align the computing module with the connector;
- a first edge guide coupled to a first edge of the first segment of the connector and a second edge guide coupled to a second edge of the first segment of the connector to align the cover to the connector in a first alignment direction;
- a first end guide coupled to a first end of the first segment of the connector and a second end guide coupled to a second end of the first segment of the connector to align the cover to the connector in a second alignment direction:
- a biasing member coupled to the cover top to apply pressure to the first segment of the connector;
- a first clip coupled to a first end of the cover and including a first hook to engage with the circuit board at the second side of the circuit board;
- and
- a second clip coupled to a second end of the cover and including a second hook to engage with the circuit board at the second side of the circuit board;
- and
- a standoff to couple to and support a second portion of the computing module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.