System for protecting electronic components
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsBrett D. Roscoe, George D. Megason, Christian H. Post
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Abstract
A system having a removable protective enclosure for an electronic component. The protective enclosure may have a base and a circuit board that may be captured by the base without use of a tool or a separate fastener. A memory module may be disposed on the circuit board. The protective enclosure may be adapted to be mechanically and electrically coupleable to an enclosure.
Claims16
A system for protecting an electronic component utilized in a computer-based system, comprising:
- a plurality of memory modules;
- a circuit board receiving the plurality of memory modules, the plurality of memory modules being removably connectable to the circuit board;
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- a protective assembly housing the circuit board and the plurality of memory modules, the protective assembly comprising a base having a guide rail and a first member operable to guide the circuit board between the first member and the guide rail as the circuit board is disposed laterally in a first direction along the guide rail, wherein the base comprises a second member, wherein the first member and the second member cooperate to flex the circuit board as the circuit board is guided between the first member and the guide rail.
A system for protecting an electronic component utilized in a computer-based system, comprising:
- at least one memory module;
- a circuit board receiving the at least one memory module that is removably connectable to the circuit board;
- a base comprising a guide rail and a first member displaced relative to the guide rail, wherein the first member and the guide rail cooperate to capture the circuit board between the first member and the guide rail as the circuit board is displaced laterally along the guide rail from a first position to a second position;
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- a second member displaced relative to the guide rail, wherein the circuit board is supported by the guide rail and the second member when the circuit board is disposed in the first position, and wherein the circuit board is flexed by the first member as the circuit board is displaced from the first position to the second position.
A method of manufacturing an electronic device, comprising:
- providing a plurality of memory modules;
- providing a circuit board receiving the plurality of memory modules that are removably connectable to the circuit board;
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- providing a protective assembly comprising a base having a guide rail and a first member operable to guide the circuit board between the first member and the guide rail as the circuit board is disposed laterally in a first direction along the guide rail, wherein providing a protective assembly comprises providing the base with a second member operable to cooperate with the first member to flex the circuit board as the circuit board is guided between the first member and the guide rail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.