Mounting device for expansion card
AssigneesHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
InventorsSong MA, Li-Ren FU
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Abstract
A mounting device for fixing an expansion card having an edge connector includes a motherboard and a fixing member mounted on the motherboard. An expansion slot is mounted on the motherboard. The fixing member includes a connecting portion, two blocks connected to opposite ends of the connecting portion, a resilient portion extending from the connecting portion away from the expansion slot, a protrusion protruding from the resilient portion. An L-shaped hook extends from a top of each block. The expansion card is limited by the connecting portion and the hooks, with the edge connector engaged in the expansion slot, and another end of the expansion card opposite to the edge connector blocked by the protrusion.
Claims2
A mounting device for mounting an expansion card having an edge connector, the mounting device comprising:
- a motherboard comprising an expansion slot mounted on the motherboard, the expansion slot defining a slot in a side perpendicular to a surface of the motherboard to detachably receive the edge connector of the expansion card;
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- a fixing member mounted on the motherboard, and comprising a connecting portion, two blocks connected to opposite ends of the connecting portion, a resilient portion extending from the connecting portion away from the expansion slot, and a protrusion protruding up from the resilient portion, two substantially L-shaped hooks facing toward each other extending from tops of the blocks;
- wherein the connecting portion and the hooks together limit the expansion card, and the protrusion abuts against an end of the expansion card away from the edge connector, in response to the edge connector being engaged in the slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.