Riser bracket with hinge and server system including same

A server system comprising:

• a riser bracket having a slot and an internal space, the internal space being an operation space for allowing a physical user action, the slot extending along a width of the riser bracket, the internal space extending along the width of the riser bracket;
• a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIE) card inserted in the slot of the riser bracket in an insertion direction that is generally parallel to the slot, the PCIE card having a power connector, the power connector being configured to receive a power cable, the internal space being adjacent to the power connector;
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• a hinge mechanically coupled to and extending only along a corner area of a top plate of the riser bracket near the power connector, the hinge being pivotable between a first position and a second position, the hinge covering the internal space in the first position, the hinge uncovering the internal space in the second position, the hinge including:
• a first leaf bent to have a first plate and a second plate, the second plate extending generally perpendicularly from one end of the first plate, the first plate having a movable end and the second plate having a first hinged end, the first plate being generally parallel to the top plate in the first position and generally perpendicular in the second position, the first plate having a first hole configured to receive a first fastener, the first fastener being coupled to a bracket of the server system in the first position, the second plate having at the first hinged end a first knuckle that is spaced from a second knuckle, and
• a second leaf having a fixed end and a second hinged end, the first hinged end being rotatably coupled with the second hinged end, the fixed end being mechanically attached to the corner area of the top plate of the riser bracket, the second leaf having a third knuckle at the second hinged end that is positioned between the first knuckle and the second knuckle to form a contiguous enclosed through-hole through which a pin passes to rotatably couple the first leaf and the second leaf.