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US 2006/0221588 A1Published application
Shock absorbing system for circuit boards
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsMark Summers, Edoardo Campini
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Abstract
A shock absorbing system may be mounted on a circuit board, such as a carrier card, to reinforce the circuit board and/or to absorb shock forces from a neighboring circuit board, such as a mezzanine card coupled to the carrier card. The shock absorbing system may include one or more support members extending across at least a portion of the carrier card. One or more rollers may be supported on the support member(s) in a manner that allows rotation to facilitate insertion and/or extraction of mezzanine cards from the carrier card. Of course, many alternatives, variations, and modifications are possible without departing from this embodiment.
Claims22
A system comprising:
- a cabinet comprising at least one chassis;
- at least one carrier card capable of being at least partially disposed within said chassis, said carrier card including at least one carrier card component;
- at least one Advanced Mezzanine Card (AdvancedMC) capable of being coupled to said carrier card, said AdvancedMC including at least one AdvancedMC component;
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- a shock absorbing system mounted to said carrier card and extending across at least a portion of said carrier card, wherein said shock absorbing system extends from said carrier card component to a clearance between said AdvancedMC component and said carrier card component, and wherein said shock absorbing system is configured to contact said AdvancedMC if said AdvancedMC is displaced toward said carrier card.
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A system comprising:
- at least first and second circuit boards positioned adjacent each other, said first circuit board including at least a first component on a surface thereof and said second circuit board including at least a second component on a surface thereof, wherein said first and second circuit boards are positioned such that a clearance exists between said first and second components;
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- a shock absorbing system mounted to at least one of said first and second circuit boards, wherein said shock absorbing system extends into said clearance between said first and second components, and wherein said shock absorbing system is configured to contact one of said first and second components when one of said first and second circuit boards is displaced toward another of said first and second circuit boards.
An apparatus comprising:
- a carrier card including at least one carrier card component and at least one mezzanine card connector corresponding to at least one mezzanine card site on said carrier card, said mezzanine card site being configured to receive a mezzanine card;
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- a shock absorbing system mounted to said carrier card and extending across at least a portion of said mezzanine card site, wherein said shock absorbing system extends from said carrier card and beyond said carrier card component, and wherein said shock absorbing system is configured to contact a mezzanine card component on said mezzanine card when said mezzanine card is displaced toward said carrier card.
An apparatus comprising:
- a carrier card including at least one carrier card component and a plurality of mezzanine card connectors corresponding to a plurality of mezzanine card sites on said carrier card, said mezzanine card sites being configured to receive mezzanine cards;
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- a shock absorbing system configured to contact a mezzanine card component on said mezzanine cards when said mezzanine card is displaced toward said carrier card, said shock absorbing system comprising:
- a plurality of support bars mounted to said carrier card such that said support bar is raised from said carrier card and extends across at least a portion of respective said mezzanine card sites, wherein each of said support bars include curved ends and a plurality of curved side supports extending from each side of said support bar;
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- at least one roller mounted on each of said support bars between said curved side supports, said roller being made of an elastomeric material, and wherein said support bar extends from said carrier card such that an outer surface of said roller is located beyond said carrier card component.
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