System for attaching cartridge-type CPU to a board
AssigneeASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
InventorLi-Chung Wang
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Abstract
The system provided attaches a cartridge-type central processor unit (CPU) to a motherboard and includes a first device, a second device and a third device. The first device has a slot for receiving the cartridge-type CPU. The second device is disposed below the motherboard to fortify the strength of the motherboard. The third device functions to attach the first device and the motherboard to the second device. The weight of the cartridge-type CPU, via the first device and the third device, is substantially transferred to the second device with the second device being a primary carrier of weight of the cartridge-type CPU. Since weight of the cartridge-type CPU is not carried by the motherboard, motherboard will experience no damage.
Claims20
A system for attaching a cartridge-type central processor unit (CPU) to a motherboard, the system comprising:
- first means having a slot for receiving the cartridge-type CPU;
- second means disposed below the motherboard for fortifying strength of the motherboard;
- third means for attaching said first means and said motherboard to the second means;
- wherein weight of the cartridge-type CPU, via the first means and the third means, is substantially transferred to the second means with the second means being a primary carrier of weight of the cartridge-type CPU.
A method for attaching a cartridge-type CPU to a motherboard of a computer system, said system comprising a first means, a second means and a third means, the first means having a slot for receiving the cartridge-type CPU, the second means being disposed below the motherboard for fortifying strength of the motherboard, third means attaching said first means and said motherboard to the second means, said method comprising the steps of:
- (1) inserting the cartridge-type CPU into the slot of said first means;
- (2) disposing said second means below the motherboard;
- (3) attaching said first means and motherboard to said second means via said third means, such that weight of the cartridge-type CPU is substantially transferred to the second means with the second means being a primary carrier of weight of the cartridge-type CPU.
A system for attaching M cartridge-type central processor units (CPUs) to a vertically-disposed motherboard, M is a positive integer, said system comprising:
- M first means, each first means being spaced to one adjacent first means by a predetermined space, and each first means having a slot for receiving one corresponding cartridge-type CPU;
- second means disposed below the motherboard for fortifying strength of the motherboard;
- third means for attaching each first means and said motherboard to the second means;
- fourth means for transferring combined weight of each first means and said one corresponding cartridge-type CPU to said one adjacent first means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.