Retaining device
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Company
InventorVincent Tournadre
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Abstract
A retaining device for a card slot assembly, the retaining device comprising; a retaining portion, a connection element operable to permit angular movement of the retaining portion between an opened position and a closed position, and a releasable locking element operable to maintain the retaining portion in a closed position.
Claims16
A retaining device for a card slot assembly, the retaining device comprising:
- a retaining portion;
- a connection element operable to permit angular movement of the retaining portion between an opened position and a closed position;
- and
- a releasable locking element operable to maintain the retaining portion in the closed position, wherein the locking element comprises
- a first part attached to the retaining portion at an end thereof and extending traversely thereto;
- a second part having a lug extending transversely to the first part such that when the retaining portion is in the closed position the lug is received in a locking part of the card slot assembly;
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- a manually engagable part shaped and dimensioned to be grasped by a user and moved to operate the first part and the second part.
An expansion card slot assembly, comprising a plurality of slots each adapted to receive a card, a connection part adapted to receive a connection element of a retaining device, and a locking part adapted to engage with a releasable locking element of a retaining device, said locking element operable to maintain the retaining device in the closed position, the locking element comprising
- a first part attached to a retaining portion at an end thereof and extending transversely thereto;
- and
- a second part having a lug extending transversely to the first part, the locking part further adapted such that when the retaining portion is in the closed position the lug is received in the locking part, wherein the locking part is further adapted so that the locking element is operable by means of a manually engagable part located on the locking element.
A retaining device for securing circuit cards into a card slot assembly, comprising:
- a retaining portion with one end rotatably fixed to the card slot assembly;
- a vertical portion fixed to the other end of the retaining portion, said vertical portion being perpendicular to the retaining portion;
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- an engaging portion rotatably fixed to the vertical portion, the engaging portion being rotatable around an axis in perpendicular to the retaining portion,
- wherein in a closed position the engaging portion is engaged in an aperture of a side wall of the card slot assembly to lock the retaining device to the card slot assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.