Mechanism for fastening card in expansion slot
OwnerMei Ling Hsiaoinventor
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Abstract
A fastening mechanism of hollow parallelepiped comprises two ribs on an underside of a top, and a rail on an inner wall of either side. An expansion slot includes a bifurcation at one end with a well defined therebetween. Either branch of the bifurcation includes a top recessed first catch distal from one end, a top recessed second catch proximate one end, and an upright latch on an inner wall. Responsive to inserting the connector of a card into the expansion slot with a projection at one end of the connector entered the well and being fastened by the latches, push the mechanism toward the bifurcation for moving the ribs to pass the second catches to engage with the first catches as the branches slid into the mechanism to matingly engage with the rails.
Claims8
A mechanism for fastening a card in an expansion slot on a motherboard of a computer, the card including a connector at a lower side and a projection at one end of the connector, and the expansion slot including a bifurcation at one end with a well defined therebetween, the bifurcation comprising two branches, each branch including an extension, a recessed first catch formed on a top of the extension and being proximate one end of the extension, and a recessed second catch formed on the top of the extension and being distal from one end of the extension, the mechanism being substantially a hollow parallelepiped and being open to both a first side facing the bifurcation and a bottom, the mechanism comprising:
- a top;
- a second and third sides extending downward from the top;
- two ribs formed on an underside of the top;
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- a cavity formed on an inner wall of either of the second and third sides;
- wherein responsive to inserting the connector of the card into the expansion slot with the projection of the card entered the well of the expansion slot, push the mechanism toward the bifurcation of the expansion slot for moving the ribs of the mechanism to pass the first catches to engage with the second catches of the extensions as the extensions slid into the cavity to matingly engage therewith.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.