# US 2014/0153180 A1 · Expansion card module > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0153180 A1 - Document ID: US20140153180A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/725,935 - Filed: 2012-12-21 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-12-04 - Assignees: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.; HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD. - Applicants: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. - Inventors: JUN-HUI WANG - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140153180A1 ## CPC - G06F 1/185: Mounting of expansion boards - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract An expansion card module includes a bracket, a connection circuit board with a socket, and an expansion card. The bracket includes a bottom wall and a sidewall extending from a side of the bottom wall. The connection circuit board is mounted to the bottom wall. The expansion card includes a blocking piece attached to a first side of the expansion card. The expansion card is inserted in the socket. The blocking piece is positioned to the sidewall. A clipping member is set on the bottom wall away from the sidewall, for clipping onto a second side of the expansion card opposite to the first side. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An expansion card module, comprising: a bracket comprising a bottom wall and a sidewall extending up from a first side of the bottom wall; a connection circuit board perpendicularly fixed on the bottom wall, the connection circuit board comprising a socket; an expansion card comprising a circuit board plugged in the socket of the connection circuit board and a blocking piece fixed on a first end of the circuit board, wherein the blocking piece is positioned at the sidewall; and a locking member arranged on a second side of the bottom wall opposite to the sidewall, wherein the locking member retains a second end of the circuit board opposite to the blocking piece. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The expansion card module of claim 1, further comprising a clipping member, wherein the locking member and the clipping member retain two opposite sides of the second end of the circuit board. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The expansion card module of claim 2, wherein a first mounting piece and a second mounting piece extend on the second side of the bottom wall and parallel to each other, the locking member is fixed to the second mounting piece, the clipping member is pivotably connected to the first mounting piece. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The expansion card module of claim 3, wherein the first mounting piece defines a through slot in a middle portion and forms a holding piece extending inward from an inner surface of the first mounting piece above the through slot, a first through hole is defined in one end of the holding piece, a second through hole is defined in the bottom wall and aligned with the first through hole, a pivoting portion is formed at a first end of the clipping member, two pins extend from opposite sides of the pivoting portion, the pins pivotably engage in the first and second through holes, respectively, to pivotably connect the clipping member to the first mounting piece. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The expansion card module of claim 4, wherein the clipping member comprises a C-shaped pressing portion for retaining the circuit board, the pivoting portion is formed at a first end of the pressing portion, an operation portion is formed at a second end of the pressing portion, a wedge shaped clipping portion is formed on an outer surface of the pressing portion adjacent to the operation portion, the clipping portion extends through the through slot of the first mounting piece to be blocked by a part of an inner surface of the first mounting piece adjacent to the through slot. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The expansion card module of claim 5, wherein a clipping slot is defined in a middle portion of the outer surface of the pressing portion, for receiving an edge of the circuit board. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The expansion card module of claim 3, wherein the locking member comprises a main body fixed to the second mounting piece and a positioning portion extending from a bottom of the main body, a horizontal positioning slot is defined in a side of the positioning portion, for receiving an edge of the circuit board. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The expansion card module of claim 7, wherein a resilient portion extends from a first side of the main body, an engaging portion extends from a bottom of the main body along the first side of the main body, an L-shaped fixing portion extends inward from a lower portion of the second mounting piece, a raised bridge and an L-shaped retaining portion extend inward from an upper portion of the second mounting piece above the fixing portion, a fixing hole is defined in the second mounting piece between the raised bridge and the retaining portion, the main body of the locking member is located between the raised bridge and the retaining portion and in tight contact with the second mounting piece, the engaging portion engages in the fixing portion, and the resilient portion engages in the fixing hole. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The expansion card module of claim 1, wherein an opening is defined in a middle portion of the sidewall, a supporting piece extends outward from one end of the sidewall, a hole is defined in a middle portion of the supporting piece, a raised portion extends on a bottom of the supporting piece, a bent piece extends outward from one end of the blocking piece, a cutout is defined in a bottom of the bent piece, the bent piece forms two protrusions, the blocking piece shields the opening of the sidewall, the bent piece contacts with the supporting piece, the raised portion engages in the cutout, the protrusions engage in the hole of the supporting piece. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The expansion card module of claim 1, wherein the expansion card is parallel to the bottom wall. ### Claim 11 An expansion card module, comprising: a bracket comprising a bottom wall, a sidewall extending up from a first side of the bottom wall, and a first mounting piece extending up from a second side of the bottom wall opposite to the sidewall; a connection circuit board perpendicularly fixed on the bottom wall, the connection circuit board comprising a socket; an expansion card comprising a circuit board plugged in the socket of the connection circuit board and a blocking piece fixed on a first end of the circuit board, wherein the blocking piece is positioned at the sidewall; and a clipping member pivotably connected to the first mounting piece, wherein the clipping member retains a second end of the circuit board opposite to the blocking piece. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The expansion card module of claim 11, wherein the first mounting piece defines a through slot in a middle portion and forms a holding piece extending inward from an inner surface of the first mounting piece above the through slot, a first through hole is defined in one end of the holding piece, a second through hole is defined in the bottom wall and aligned with the first through hole, a pivoting portion is formed at a first end of the clipping member, two pins extend from opposite side of the pivoting portion, the pins pivotably engage in the first and second through holes, respectively, to pivotably connect the clipping member to the first mounting piece. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The expansion card module of claim 12, wherein the clipping member comprises a C-shaped pressing portion for retaining the circuit board, the pivoting portion is formed at a first end of the pressing portion, an operation portion is formed at a second end of the pressing portion, a wedge shaped clipping portion is formed on an outer surface of the pressing portion adjacent to the operation portion, the clipping portion extends through the through slot of the first mounting piece to be blocked by a part of an inner surface of the first mounting piece adjacent to the through slot. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The expansion card module of claim 13, wherein a clipping slot is defined in a middle portion of the outer surface of the pressing portion, for receiving an edge of the circuit board. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The expansion card module of claim 11, further comprising a locking member, wherein the locking member and the clipping member retain two opposite sides of the second end of the circuit board. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The expansion card module of claim 15, wherein a second mounting piece extend on the second side of the bottom wall and parallel to the first mounting piece, the locking member is fixed to the second mounting piece. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The expansion card module of claim 16, wherein the locking member comprises a main body fixed to the second mounting piece and a positioning portion extending from a bottom of the main body, a horizontal positioning slot is defined in a side of the positioning portion, for receiving an edge of the circuit board. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The expansion card module of claim 17, wherein a resilient portion extends from a first side of the main body, an engaging portion extends from a bottom of the main body along the first side of the main body, an L-shaped fixing portion extends inward from a lower portion of the second mounting piece, a raised bridge and an L-shaped retaining portion extend inward from an upper portion of the second mounting piece above the fixing portion, a fixing hole is defined in the second mounting piece between the raised bridge and the retaining portion, the main body of the locking member is located between the raised bridge and the retaining portion and in tight contacts with the second mounting piece, the engaging portion engages in the fixing portion, and the resilient portion engages in the fixing hole. ### Claim 19 (depends on 11) The expansion card module of claim 11, wherein an opening is defined in a middle portion of the sidewall, a supporting piece extends outward from one end of the sidewall, a hole is defined in a middle portion of the supporting piece, a raised portion extends on a bottom of the supporting piece, a bent piece extends outward from one end of the blocking piece, a cutout is defined in a bottom of the bent piece, the bent piece forms two protrusions, the blocking piece shield the opening of the sidewall, the bent piece contacts with the supporting piece, the raised portion engages in the cutout, the protrusions engage in the hole of the supporting piece. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The expansion card module of claim 11, wherein the expansion card is parallel to the bottom wall.