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US 2009/0215318 A1Published application
Card edge connector device and method
AssigneeLSI Corporation
InventorKenneth Hass
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Abstract
A device may include a card including a card connector and/or a card edge lockshield disposed on at least a card connector first side. Additionally, a computer system may include a motherboard including at least one mating connector and/or at Least one card including a card connector and a card edge lockshield disposed on at least a card connector first side. Further, a method for providing the device and/or computer system is disclosed.
Claims20
A device, comprising:
- a card including a card connector;
- and
- a card edge lockshield disposed on at least a card connector first side.
A computer system, comprising:
- a motherboard including at least one mating connector;
- at least one card including a card connector and a card edge lockshield disposed on at least a card connector first side.
A method, comprising:
- providing a card including a card connector;
- and
- attaching a card edge lockshield to a card connector first side and a card connector second side where the card edge lockshield includes a flexible plastic protective strip, the card edge lockshield includes a hard edge configured for coupling to a mating indentation disposed on a mating connector, and the card edge lockshield is disposed parallel to the card connector and extends beyond a card connector edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.