Expansion card module
AssigneesHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
InventorsXIAO-ZHU CHEN, LEI LIU
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Abstract
An expansion card module includes an expansion card, an adapter card electrically coupled to the expansion card, and a box enclosing the expansion card and the adapter card. The expansion card includes a fixing plate fixed to the box. The adapter card includes a connector to be electrically coupled to a motherboard of the computer by a cable. A mounting bracket for a storage device is not occupied by the storage device, but receives the box of the expansion card module therein.
Claims14
An expansion card module mounted to a computer, the computer comprising a motherboard and a mounting bracket adapted for receiving a storage device, the expansion card module comprising:
- a box received in the mounting bracket of the computer and shaped like the storage device;
- an expansion card received in the box, and comprising a fixing plate fixed to the box;
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- an adapter card received in the box, and electrically connected to the motherboard and the expansion card.
A computing system comprising:
- a chassis;
- a motherboard mounted in the chassis;
- a mounting bracket fixed to the chassis;
- a storage device;
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- an expansion card module electrically connected to the motherboard with a cable;
- wherein the mounting bracket receives a computer component selected from the storage device and the expansion card module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.