Assembly for supporting a short printed circuit card
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsRobert William Dobbs, Andrew Harvey Barr, Stephan Karl Barsun
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Abstract
An assembly for supporting a short printed circuit card includes a card slot separator disposed in a card bay of a computer system and at least one card support block. The at least one card support block couples to the card slot separator and can be selectively positioned along the card slot separator for reception of an unsupported edge of the short printed circuit card.
Claims26
An assembly for supporting a short printed circuit card having a first edge in a computer system, the assembly comprising:
- a card slot separator disposed in a plane parallel to the short printed circuit card;
- and
- at least one card support block having a card receptor adapted to couple with the first edge of the short printed circuit card, wherein the at least one card support block is adapted to couple and be movably attached to the card slot separator, and wherein the at least one card support block is adapted to be selectively positioned for reception of the first edge of the short printed circuit card in a plurality of positions along the card slot separator.
An assembly coupled to a card slot separator in a computer system for supporting a short printed circuit card having a first edge, the assembly comprising:
- at least one card support block movably attached to the card slot separator and having a card receptor adapted to couple with the first edge of the short printed circuit card;
- and
- a coupling device adapted to secure the at least one card support block to the card slot separator.
A method of supporting a short printed circuit card in a computer system, the method comprising:
- inserting the short printed circuit card into the computer system;
- movably attaching at least one card support block to a card slot separator;
- traversing the at least one card support block along the card slot separator until the at least one card support block is adjacent to the short printed circuit card;
- coupling the at least one card support block to a first edge of the short printed circuit card;
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- securing the at least one card support block to the card slot separator.
A method of supporting a short printed circuit card having an interior edge coupled to at least one card support block, wherein the short printed circuit card is insertable into a computer system having a bulkhead guide, a connector plane, and a card slot separator, the method comprising:
- inserting the short printed circuit card into the computer system;
- mechanically coupling the short printed circuit card to the bulkhead guide;
- mechanically and electrically coupling the short printed circuit card to the connector plane;
- and
- coupling the at least one card support block to the card slot separator.
An assembly for supporting a short printed circuit card having a first edge in a computer system, the assembly comprising:
- a card slot separator disposed in a plane parallel to the short printed circuit card;
- at least one card support block having a card receptor adapted to couple with the first edge of the short printed circuit card, wherein the at least one card support block is adapted to couple and be movably attached to the card slot separator;
- and
- means for selectively positioning the at least one card support block for reception of the first edge of the short printed circuit card in a plurality of positions along the card slot separator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.