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US 5,706,179 AGranted
Computer housing and expansion card format for consumer electronics devices
OwnerDennis Palatovinventor
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Abstract
A computer housing and expansion card design facilitates the addition and removal of expansion cards from the front of a computer housing without disassembly of the housing, and further facilitates the connection of external cables to the expansion cards from the back of the computer housing.
Claims4
A back wall assembly for a computer enclosure comprising:
- a back wall having a plurality of openings;
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- a backplane having a plurality of sockets to receive a plurality of expansion cards each having a connector for attachment of a cable, each said socket associated with a single one of said openings in said back wall, said backplane supported parallel to said back wall and spaced apart from said openings in said back wall to allow direct access to said connector on said expansion card through its associated one of said openings.
A back wall assembly for a computer enclosure comprising:
- a back wall having a plurality of openings;
- a backplane having a plurality of sockets, each said socket associated with a single one of said openings in said back wall, said backplane supported parallel to said back wall and spaced apart from said openings in said back wall;
- a pair of side walls connected to said back wall, parallel to each other and perpendicular to the back wall;
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- expansion card guide means to slidingly receive expansion card, supported by said pair of side walls, said expansion card guide means aligned with said openings in said back wall and with said sockets on the backplane.
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