Card holder for securing expansion cards

A card holder assembly of a computer enclosure, the card holder assembly comprising:

• at least one expansion card having a slot cover and a head perpendicular to the slot cover;
• a rear panel of the enclosure, a shield being stamped from the rear panel, a fastening hole being defined in the shield, at least one expansion slot being defined in the rear panel at one side of the shield for receiving the slot cover of the at least one expansion card;
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• a locating plate comprising a pressing portion and a securing portion perpendicular to the pressing portion, the securing portion being attached to the rear panel at an opposite side of the shield, a through hole being defined in the pressing portion corresponding to the fastening hole of the rear panel for insertion of a fastening member thereinto, the pressing portion cooperating with the shield to sandwich the head of the at least one expansion card therebetween, wherein an indented portion is formed in said opposite side of the shield for receiving the securing portion of the locating plate.

A card holder assembly of a computer enclosure, the card holder assembly comprising:

• at least one expansion card having a slot cover and a head extending from the slot cover;
• a rear panel of the enclosure, a shield being perpendicularly stamped from the rear panel, an indented portion being formed in the rear panel, at least one expansion slot being defined in the rear panel at a first side of the shield for receiving the slot cover of the at least one expansion card, wherein the head of the at least one expansion card abuts the shield at a second side thereof opposite to the at least one expansion slot;
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• a locating plate being secured to the rear panel at said second side of the shield, the locating plate comprising a pressing portion and a securing portion extending from the pressing portion, the securing portion being received in and secured to the indented portion, the pressing portion abutting the head of the at least one expansion card, a fastening member combining the pressing portion, the head of the at least one expansion card and the shield together, the head of the at least one expansion card being thereby firmly sandwiched between the pressing portion and the shield, thus the at least one expansion card being firmly secured to the rear panel.