Carrier card with reduced width
AssigneeRADX Technologies, Inc.
InventorsRoss Q. Smith, Elliot Mitchell Berg, Allen Erik Sjogren, Alexander Paul Favero
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Abstract
A carrier card includes a U-shaped design. A daughter card mounts in a void in the carrier card in a co-planar fashion. The carrier card includes an upper member; a lateral member, a lower member and a front panel with optional snout. The lateral member or other member includes a carrier card electrical and/or optical connector. The lower member or other member includes a mating electrical and/or optical connector to connect with the daughter card. The upper member, the lateral member, and the lower member form or define the void. A front panel connects with the upper and lower member and, optionally, the daughter card.
Claims29
A carrier card for connection to a backplane or av motherboard, comprising:
- a lateral member of a printed circuit board;
- an upper member of the printed circuit board extending from the lateral member;
- a lower member of the printed circuit board extending from the lateral member;
- the upper member, the lateral member, and the lower member form or define a void, wherein the void is configured to receive a daughter card in a coplanar arrangement with the lateral member, the upper member, and the lower member;
- a front panel engaged to one or both of the upper member and the lower member;
- a carrier card connector engaged to one of the lateral member, the upper member, or the lower member;
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- a mating connector engaged to one of one of the lateral member, the upper member, or the lower member.
A carrier card for connection to a backplane or a motherboard, comprising:
- an upper member of a printed circuit board;
- a lateral member of the printed circuit board;
- a lower member of the printed circuit board;
- the upper member, the lateral member, and the lower member form or define a void;
- the void configured to receive a daughter card in a coplanar arrangement with the lateral member, the upper member, and the lower member;
- one of the upper member, the lateral member, or the lower member comprising a mating connector configured to connect with the daughter card;
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- a bracket engaged to one of the upper member, the lateral member, or the lower member, and the bracket configured to secure or fasten to an edge or surface of the daughter card.
A method of engaging a daughter card to a carrier card for connection to a backplane or a motherboard, comprising:
- providing a carrier card comprising an upper member of a printed circuit board, a lateral member of the printed circuit board, and a lower member of the printed circuit board;
- the upper member, the lateral member, and the lower member form or define a void, wherein the void is configured to receive a daughter card in a coplanar arrangement with the lateral member, the upper member, and the lower member;
- one of the upper member, the lateral member, or the lower member comprising a mating electrical connector;
- positioning the daughter card in the void;
- engaging a connector of the daughter card to the mating electrical connector of the carrier card;
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- positioning a bracket between the daughter card and one of the upper member, the lateral member, or the lower member of the carrier card.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.