Adapter card and graphics card test device
AssigneeFulian Precision Electronics (Tianjin) Co., LTD.
InventorCheng-I Lu
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Abstract
An adapter card for mounting expansion card to motherboard includes a card-board, a slot, and a plug. The card-board includes a connecting piece located in the slot for connecting the expansion card to the card-board. The post and the latch are configured for fixing the expansion card, the plug is configured for connecting the card-board to a motherboard. The expansion card is designed with special specifications which cannot be inserted into the regular slot on motherboard, but the adapter card can adapt the expansion card designed to the regular slot on the motherboard, without changing types of the slot on the motherboard, improving efficiency of mounting expansion card. A graphics card test device using the adapter card is also disclosed.
Claims16
An adapter card configured for mounting expansion card, the adapter card comprising:
- a card-board;
- a slot located on the card-board;
- a post located on the card-board;
- a latch located on the card-board;
- and
- at least one plug extended out of the card-board;
- wherein
- the slot, the post, and the latch are located on a same surface of the card-board, the card-board comprises a connecting piece located in the slot, the connecting piece is configured for connecting the expansion card to the card-board, the post and the latch are configured for fixing the expansion card, the plug is configured for connecting the card-board to a motherboard;
- the card-board is a hard circuit board, the connecting piece in the slot is electrically connected to the card-board;
- the latch comprises two holders, the two holders are arranged opposite to each other, the two holders are configured for clipping the expansion card;
- the latch further comprises a first limiting part, the first limiting part is located on a same side of the two holders, the first limiting part is configured for positioning the expansion card in a first direction;
- the latch further comprises a second limiting part, the second limiting part is located on a side of one of the two holders which is opposite to another one of the two holders, the second limiting part is configured for positioning the expansion card in a second direction, the second direction is substantially perpendicular to the first direction.
A graphics card test device comprising:
- a motherboard comprising a first connector and a second connector;
- and
- an adapter card configured for connecting an expansion card to the motherboard;
- wherein the adapter card comprises:
- a card-board;
- a slot located on the card-board;
- a post located on the card-board;
- a latch located on the card-board;
- and
- at least one plug extended out of the card-board;
- the slot, the post, and the latch are located on a same surface of the card-board, the card-board comprises a connecting piece located in the slot, the connecting piece is configured for connecting the expansion card to the card-board, the post and the latch are configured for fixing the expansion card, the plug is configured for connecting the card-board to the motherboard;
- wherein the first connector and the second connector are electrically connected to the motherboard, the expansion card is electrically inserted into the adapter card, the adapter card is electrically inserted into the first connector, the second connector is connected to a graphics card, the expansion card is configured for testing the graphics card.
A graphics card test device comprising:
- a motherboard comprising a first connector and a second connector;
- and
- an adapter card configured for connecting an expansion card to the motherboard;
- wherein the adapter card comprises:
- a card-board;
- a slot located on the card-board;
- a post located on the card-board;
- a latch located on the card-board;
- and
- at least one plug extended out of the card-board;
- the slot, the post, and the latch are located on a same surface of the card-board, the card-board comprises a connecting piece located in the slot, the connecting piece is configured for connecting the expansion card to the card-board, the post and the latch are configured for fixing the expansion card, the plug is configured for connecting the card-board to the motherboard;
- wherein the first connector and the second connector are electrically connected to the motherboard, the expansion card is electrically inserted into the adapter card, the adapter card is electrically inserted into the first connector, the second connector is connected to a graphics card, the expansion card is configured for testing the graphics card, the second connector is a serial bus connector or a single bus connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.