# US 12,602,339 B2 · Strain relief for floating card electromechanical connector > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,602,339 B2 - Document ID: US12602339B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/448,359 - Filed: 2023-08-11 - Published: 2025-02-13 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2023-08-11 - Assignees: Dell Products L.P. - Applicants: Dell Products L.P. - Inventors: Eduardo Escamilla; Raymond D. Heistand, II; Sanjiv C. Sinha; Pei-Chuan Hsieh - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12602339B2 ## CPC - G06F 13/36: for access to common bus or bus system - G06F 2213/40: Bus coupling - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract An information handling resource assembly may include an information handling resource implemented with a circuit board having a plurality of locating features formed therein, a receptacle connector having a plurality of mounting features, each of the mounting features formed at respective ends of the receptacle connector, and a housing for housing the information handling resource and the receptacle connector and comprising a plurality of standoffs extending from a surface of the housing, each particular standoff comprising a receiving feature for receiving a respective fastener, such that mechanical engagement of a plurality of fasteners wherein each respective fastener is passed through a respective locating feature of the plurality of locating features, passed through a respective mounting feature of the plurality of mounting features, and received by the receiving feature of the particular standoff mechanically loads the information handling resource and the receptacle connector in a fixed position relative to the housing. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information handling system comprising: a motherboard; and an information handling resource assembly mechanically and electrically coupled to the motherboard and comprising: an information handling resource implemented with a circuit board having a plurality of locating features formed therein; a receptacle connector having a plurality of mounting features, each of the mounting features formed at respective ends of a length of the receptacle connector; and a housing for housing the information handling resource and the receptacle connector and comprising a plurality of standoffs extending from a surface of the housing, each particular standoff of the plurality of standoffs comprising a receiving feature for receiving a respective fastener, such that mechanical engagement of a plurality of fasteners wherein each respective fastener is passed through a respective locating feature of the plurality of locating features, passed through a respective mounting feature of the plurality of mounting features, and received by the receiving feature of the particular standoff mechanically loads the information handling resource and the receptacle connector in a fixed position relative to the housing, wherein the plurality of standoffs separate a surface of the information handling resource from a surface of the housing. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information handling system of claim 1, wherein the information handling resource comprises a riser card. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The information handling system of claim 1, wherein the receptacle comprises a direct-attached card electromechanical connector terminating a cable. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The information handling system of claim 1, wherein: the plurality of fasteners comprise a plurality of screws; and the plurality of receiving features comprises threaded inserts. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The information handling system of claim 1, wherein at least one locating feature of the plurality of locating features comprises a hole formed in the circuit board. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The information handling system of claim 1, wherein at least one mounting feature of the plurality of mounting features comprises a hole formed in the receptacle connector. ### Claim 7 An information handling resource assembly comprising: an information handling resource implemented with a circuit board having a plurality of locating features formed therein; a receptacle connector having a plurality of mounting features, each of the mounting features formed at respective ends of a length of the receptacle connector; and a housing for housing the information handling resource and the receptacle connector and comprising a plurality of standoffs extending from a surface of the housing, each particular standoff of the plurality of standoffs comprising a receiving feature for receiving a respective fastener, such that mechanical engagement of a plurality of fasteners wherein each respective fastener is passed through a respective locating feature of the plurality of locating features, passed through a respective mounting feature of the plurality of mounting features, and received by the receiving feature of the particular standoff mechanically loads the information handling resource and the receptacle connector in a fixed position relative to the housing, wherein the plurality of standoffs separate a surface of the information handling resource from a surface of the housing. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The information handling resource assembly of claim 7, wherein the information handling resource comprises a riser card. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The information handling resource assembly of claim 7, wherein the receptacle comprises a direct-attached card electromechanical connector terminating a cable. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The information handling resource assembly of claim 7, wherein: the plurality of fasteners comprise a plurality of screws; and the plurality of receiving features comprises threaded inserts. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The information handling resource assembly of claim 7, wherein at least one locating feature of the plurality of locating features comprises a hole formed in the circuit board. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The information handling resource assembly of claim 7, wherein at least one mounting feature of the plurality of mounting features comprises a hole formed in the receptacle connector. ### Claim 13 A method for constructing an information handling resource assembly comprising: mechanically coupling an information handling resource implemented with a circuit board having a plurality of locating features formed therein to a receptacle connector having a plurality of mounting features, each of the mounting features formed at respective ends of a length of the receptacle connector and mechanically coupling the information handling resource to a housing for housing the information handling resource and the receptacle connector and comprising a plurality of standoffs extending from a surface of the housing, each particular standoff of the plurality of standoffs comprising a receiving feature for receiving a respective fastener; wherein mechanically coupling comprises passing each respective fastener through a respective locating feature of the plurality of mounting features, passing each respective fastener through a respective mounting feature of the plurality of mounting features, and mechanically engaging the respective fastener to the receiving feature of the particular standoff to mechanically load the information handling resource and the receptacle connector in a fixed position relative to the housing, wherein the plurality of standoffs separate a surface of the information handling resource from a surface of the housing. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the information handling resource comprises a riser card. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the receptacle comprises a direct-attached card electromechanical connector terminating a cable. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein: the fasteners comprise a plurality of screws; and the receiving features comprise threaded inserts. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein at least one locating feature of the plurality of locating features comprises a hole formed in the circuit board. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein at least one mounting feature of the plurality of mounting features comprises a hole formed in the receptacle connector.