Hot plug structure and method for engaging/disengaging PCI compliant card

A bracket for a peripheral component interconnect compliant card, comprising:

• a hot plug cartridge to extend along an entire length of a top surface of the peripheral component interconnect compliant card, said hot plug cartridge having a cross-sectional configuration so as to slide into a hot plug channel member of a hot plug biasing mechanism and be held therein, wherein the hot plug cartridge is H-shaped in cross-section, and can slide into an H-shaped opening of the hot plug channel member;
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• an attachment member to extend along at least a back end of the peripheral component interconnect compliant card and having structure to attach to said peripheral component interconnect compliant card.

A method of engaging a peripheral component interconnect compliant card to a slot, comprising:

• sliding the peripheral component interconnect compliant card along a hot plug channel member of a hot plug component, so as to be held by the hot plug channel member, with the hot plug channel member located at a first position;
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• moving the hot plug channel member to a second position, the peripheral component interconnect compliant card moving therewith, the second position being a position at which the peripheral component interconnect compliant card held by the hot plug channel member is engaged to said slot, wherein said moving the hot plug channel member includes moving the hot plug channel member from the first position to an intermediate position between the first and second positions, and then moving the hot plug channel member from the intermediate position to the second position, wherein said moving the hot plug channel member from the first position to the intermediate position is initiated by sliding the peripheral component interconnect compliant card into the hot plug channel member, and wherein moving the hot plug channel member from the intermediate position to the second position is performed by moving a camming structure of the hot plug component.

A bracket for a peripheral component interconnect compliant card, comprising:

• a hot plug cartridge to extend along an entire length of a top surface of the peripheral component interconnect compliant card, said hot plug cartridge having a cross-sectional configuration so as to slide into a hot plug channel member of a hot plug biasing mechanism and be held therein;
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• an attachment member to extend along at least a back end of the peripheral component interconnect compliant card and having structure to attach to said peripheral component interconnect compliant card, wherein said attachment member is configured so as to extend along said back end and a bottom edge of the peripheral component interconnect compliant card, and to permit electrical contacts on the bottom edge of the peripheral component interconnect compliant card to extend beneath said attachment member.