Processor card assembly having a cover with flexible locking latches
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsJames R. Yurchenco, Alexander Z Nosler
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Abstract
The processor card assembly of the present invention includes a processor card, a thermal plate and a cover with locking latches. The thermal plate and the cover form a case for housing the processor card. The locking latches are used to latch the processor card assembly to a retention apparatus for securing the processor card assembly, such that the processor card will remain connected to a receiving connector of a motherboard, under a variety of shock and vibration conditions. In some embodiments, the complementary fastening features of the thermal plate and the cover are temper resistance.
Claims11
A processor card assembly comprising:
- a processor card including a circuit board having a processor mounted thereon;
- a thermal plate having a first plurality of fastening features;
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- a cover having a second plurality of fastening features, and a pair of locking latches flexibly attached to opposite ends of the cover, the second plurality of fastening features cooperating with the first plurality of fastening features to allow the thermal plate and the cover to form a case for housing the processor card, and the locking latches being used to latch the processor card assembly to a retention apparatus by flexing the locking latches in opposing outward directions.
A processor card assembly comprising:
- a processor card including a circuit board having a processor mounted thereon, and a first plurality of fastening features;
- a thermal plate having a second plurality of fastening features cooperating with the first plurality fastening features for joining the thermal plate and the processor card;
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- a skirt having a third plurality of fastening features cooperating with the second plurality of fastening features for attaching the skirt to the processor card assembly for covering and protecting connecting pins of the processor card.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.