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US 12,648,103 B2Granted
Printed circuit board card retention
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorTien Liang Chung
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Abstract
In some examples, a printed circuit board (PCB) card retention system can include a bracket, a fixed protrusion at a first location on the bracket, where the fixed protrusion includes a face, and a movable mechanism coupled to the bracket at a second location a distance away from the first location, where the movable mechanism includes a face, a positioning mechanism to position the face of the movable mechanism at a position of a plurality of positions that are each a different distance away from the face of the fixed protrusion, and a translation mechanism to permit the face of the movable mechanism, when at the position, to translate.
Claims17
A printed circuit board (PCB) card retention system comprising:
- a bracket;
- a fixed protrusion at a first location on the bracket, wherein the fixed protrusion includes a face to contact a corresponding face of a PCB card, when present;
- and
- a movable mechanism coupled to the bracket at a second location a distance away from the first location, wherein the movable mechanism includes:
- a face;
- a positioning mechanism to position the face of the movable mechanism at a position of a plurality of positions that are each a different distance away from the face of the fixed protrusion, wherein the positioning mechanism includes an opening to engage a tab of the bracket to maintain the positioning mechanism at the position;
- and
- a translation mechanism to permit the face of the movable mechanism, when at the position, to translate along a plane extending in a direction orthogonal to the face of the fixed protrusion, responsive to contact of the face of the movable mechanism with the PCB card, when present.
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A printed circuit board (PCB) card retention system comprising:
- a bracket;
- a fixed protrusion coupled to the bracket at a first location, the fixed protrusion including:
- a first face to contact a face of a first PCB card, when present;
- and
- a second face to contact a face of a second PCB card, when present;
- a first movable mechanism coupled to the bracket at a second location, wherein the first movable mechanism includes:
- a face;
- a positioning mechanism to position the face of the first movable mechanism at a plurality of positions that are each a different distance away from the first face of the fixed protrusion;
- and
- a translation mechanism to permit the face of the first movable mechanism, when at a position of the plurality of positions, to translate with respect to the first face of the fixed protrusion;
- and
- a second movable mechanism coupled to the bracket at a third location, wherein the second movable mechanism includes:
- a face;
- a positioning mechanism to position the face of the second movable mechanism at a plurality of positions that are each a different distance away from the second face of the fixed protrusion;
- and
- a translation mechanism to permit the face of the second movable mechanism, when at a position of the plurality of positions, to translate with respect to the second face of the fixed protrusion;
- wherein a distance between the first location and the second location is substantially equal to a distance between the first location and the third location.
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An electronic device comprising:
- a first socket to receive a first printed circuit board (PCB) card;
- a second socket to receive a second PCB card;
- and
- a PCB card retention system comprising:
- a bracket;
- a fixed protrusion including:
- a first face to contact a face of the second PCB card;
- and
- a second face to contact a face of the first PCB card;
- a first movable mechanism including:
- a face;
- a positioning mechanism to position the face of the first movable mechanism at a position of a plurality of positions that are each a different distance away from the first face of the fixed protrusion;
- and
- a translation mechanism to permit the face of the first movable mechanism, when at the position, to translate along a plane extending in a direction orthogonal to the first face of the fixed protrusion, responsive to contact of the face of the first movable mechanism with the second PCB card;
- and
- a second movable mechanism including:
- a face;
- a positioning mechanism to position the face of the second movable mechanism at a position of a plurality of positions that are each a different distance away from the second face of the fixed protrusion, wherein the positioning mechanism of the first movable mechanism is adjustable independently of the positioning mechanism of the second movable mechanism;
- and
- a translation mechanism to permit the face of the second movable mechanism, when at the position, to translate along a plane extending in a direction orthogonal to the second face of the fixed protrusion, responsive to contact of the face of the second movable mechanism with the first PCB card.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.