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US 2008/0076288 A1Published application
Card retention mechanism
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsRonald E. Deluga, Steven S. Homer, Paul J. Doczy
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Abstract
A card retention mechanism comprises a first and second brackets. The first and second brackets are mountable to a circuit board. Further, the first and second brackets are adapted to retain a circuit card therebetween. The second bracket comprises an exposed region that exposes an electrical contact of the card to be exposed to enable electrical connection of a conductor thereto.
Claims21
A card retention mechanism, comprising:
- a first bracket mountable to a circuit board;
- a second bracket mountable to said circuit board;
- wherein said first and second brackets are adapted to retain a circuit card therebetween;
- and
- wherein said second bracket comprises opposing, stair-shaped members that define an exposed region between said members, said exposed region exposes an electrical contact of said circuit card to enable electrical connection of a conductor thereto, each of said members comprises a bore that receives a fastener therethrough for connection to said circuit board.
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A system, comprising:
- a circuit board;
- a first bracket mountable to said circuit board;
- a second bracket mountable to said circuit board;
- wherein said first and second brackets retain a card therebetween;
- and
- wherein said second bracket comprises opposing stair-shaped members defining an exposed region therebetween, said exposed region thereby exposes an electrical contact of said card to enable connection of an electrical conductor thereto, each of said opposing, stair-shaped members comprises a bore that receives a fastener therethrouqh for connection to said circuit board.
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A bracket, comprising:
- a base portion adapted to be coupled to a circuit board;
- first and second stair-shaped members projecting away from said base portion, each of said first and second stair-shaped members adapted to receive a portion of a circuit card;
- wherein said first and second stair-shaped members define an exposed region therebetween, said exposed region exposes an antenna contact of said circuit card to be exposed to enable connection of an electrical conductor and
- wherein each of said first and second stair-shaped members comprises a bore through which a screw passes to retain said circuit card in place.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.