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US 6,320,760 B1Granted
Multiple PCI card support
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsRonald C. Flamm, Anthony P. Valpiani, Glen P. Gordon
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AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsRonald C. Flamm, Anthony P. Valpiani, Glen P. Gordon
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A card support releasably retains the edges of a plurality of electronic cards in a card guide panel. The card support is formed with a card support bracket and a plurality of card retention tabs connected to the bracket by way of flexible members for releasably retaining the edges of respective cards in guide channels of the card guide panel. The retention tabs have ramps on one side for engagement with the edges of the cards being installed for momentarily moving the tabs back out of the way, allowing the cards to slide past the tabs. Once installed, the opposite sides of the tabs, which are flat, extend over the rear edge of the installed cards to retain them in the guide channels, especially during shock and vibration, including dropping the box upside down.
A card support for releasably retaining the edges of a plurality of electronic cards in respective ones of a plurality of card guide channels in a card guide panel, said card support comprising a card support bracket which can be attached to the card guide panel and a plurality of card retention tabs connected to said bracket for movement relative to said bracket between a first position for retaining the edges of respective cards in the card guide channels in the card guide panel, and a second position for allowing installation in and removal of cards from respective channels of the card guide panel.
A card support for retaining the edges of a plurality of electronic cards in a card guide panel, said card support comprising a card support bracket and a plurality of card retention tabs connected to said bracket for retaining the edges of respective cards in a card guide panel, wherein said card retention tabs are connected to said bracket by respective flexible members which permit movement of said tabs relative to said bracket from a first position for retaining the edges of respective cards in a card guide panel to a second position for allowing installation in and removal of cards from respective channels of a card guide panel.
An apparatus for releasably retaining the edges of a plurality of electronic cards in a server, said apparatus comprising a card guide panel having a plurality of card guide channels for receiving the edges of a plurality of electronic cards, and a card support attached to said card guide panel, said card support including a card support bracket and a plurality of card retention tabs connected to said bracket for movement relative to said bracket between a first position for retaining the edges of respective ones of a plurality of electronic cards installed in said card guide channels of said card guide panel, and a second position for allowing installation in and removal of cards from respective guide channels of the card guide panel.
An apparatus for releasably retaining the edges of a plurality of electronic cards in a server, said apparatus comprising a card guide panel having a plurality of card guide channels for receiving the edges of a plurality of electronic cards, and a card support attached to said card guide panel, said card support including a card support bracket and a plurality of card retention tabs connected to said bracket for retaining the edges of respective ones of a plurality of electronic cards installed in said card guide channels of said card guide panel, wherein said card retention tabs are connected to said bracket by respective flexible members which permit movement of said tabs relative to said bracket and said card guide panel from a first position for retaining the edges of respective cards in the card guide channels of the card guide panel and a second position for allowing installation in and removal of cards from respective channels of said card guide panel.
A method for releasably retaining the edges of electronic cards in a card guide panel, said method comprising:
A method for retaining the edges of electronic cards in a card guide panel, said method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.