Component caddies
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsMing-Shan Tsai, Shih-Tun YU, Hsin-Tso LIN
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Abstract
In an example, a component caddy may include a bracket to receive a computing component; a ground portion disposed on a first end of the bracket to electrically engage with a ground pad; and a connector lock disposed on the ground portion. The connector lock may vertically attach the component caddy to a vertically-oriented connector disposed adjacent to the ground pad on a system board such that the computing component is operably engaged with the connector in a vertical orientation and electrically grounded to the ground pad through the ground portion on the bracket.
Claims15
A component caddy, comprising:
- a bracket to receive a computing component;
- a ground portion disposed on a first end of the bracket to electrically engage with a ground pad;
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- a connector lock disposed on the ground portion, the connector lock to vertically attach the component caddy to a vertically-oriented connector disposed adjacent to the ground pad on a system board such that the computing component is operably engaged with the connector in a vertical orientation and electrically grounded to the ground pad through the ground portion on the bracket.
A system board, comprising:
- a printed circuit board (PCB);
- a vertically-oriented connector operably attached to the PCB, the connector having an engagement slot facing away from the PCB and a pair of latches disposed at opposite distal ends of the connector;
- a computing component having an edge connector at a first end to operably engage with the engagement slot of the connector in a vertical orientation;
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- a component caddy, comprising:
- an elongate bracket to receive the computing component;
- a first ground portion disposed at a first end of the bracket and a second ground portion disposed at the first end on an opposite side of the bracket from the first ground portion, the first and second ground portion to each contact a ground pad disposed on the PCB adjacent the connector;
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- a first connector lock and a second connector lock disposed on the first ground portion and the second ground portion, respectively, the first and second connector lock to each engage with a latch of the connector so as to retain the bracket to the connector in a vertical orientation.
A computing device, comprising:
- a chassis;
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- a system board disposed within the chassis, comprising:
- a printed circuit board (PCB);
- a processor;
- a vertically-oriented connector operably attached to the PCB;
- a ground pad disposed adjacent to the connector;
- a computing component having an edge connector at a first end to engage with the connector and a fastener interface at a second end, opposite the first end;
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- a component caddy, comprising;
- a bracket to receive the computing component and having a fastener standoff to conductively engage with the fastener interface of the computing component;
- a ground portion extending from the bracket to electrically contact the ground pad;
- a connector lock disposed on the ground portion to engage with a latch on a distal end of the connector so as to retain the bracket, and thus the computing component, to the connector in a vertical orientation;
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- a heat sink to engage with a plurality of retention clips of the bracket such that the heat sink retains the computing component to the bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.