Device mounting systems and methods
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsDavid W. Cawthon, Jeffrey A. Lev, Mark S. Tracy
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Abstract
A device mounting system is provided. The device 720 can include a plurality of device mounting posts 730, 740. The system can further include a transition member 100 including an transition mounting feature 150 and at least one receiver 140 adapted to accommodate a first portion of the device mounting features 730. The system can also include a backing member 100 comprising at least one receiver 140 adapted to accommodate the remaining portion of the device mounting features 740 and a transition mounting receiver 240 adapted to accommodate, the transition mounting feature 150.
Claims17
A device mounting system comprising:
- a device;
- a substrate;
- a transition member comprising:
- a transition mounting feature;
- and
- a first receiver adapted to accommodate a first mounting feature;
- and
- a backing member comprising:
- a second receiver adapted to accommodate a second mounting feature;
- and
- a transition mounting receiver adapted to accommodate the transitional mounting feature of the transitional member;
- wherein the transition member is disposed between the device and the substrate, and the substrate is disposed between the transition member and the backing member;
- wherein the transition mounting feature extends through the transition member, the substrate, and the transition mounting receiver on the backing member, but not through the device;
- wherein the first mounting feature extends through the device and the transition member, but not through the substrate and the backing member;
- and
- wherein the second mounting, feature extends through the device, the substrate, and the backing device, but through the transition mounting feature.
A system for mounting a device, comprising:
- a circuit board including a first surface and a second surface;
- a transition member disposed between the first surface of the circuit board and the device, the transition member comprising:
- a plurality of receiver apertures disposed therethrough;
- a transition mounting feature;
- and
- a first receiver at least partially disposed within one of the plurality of receiver apertures disposed in the transition member;
- and
- a backing member disposed proximate the second surface of the circuit board, the backing member comprising:
- a plurality of apertures disposed therethrough;
- a second receiver at least partially disposed within a first one of the plurality of apertures disposed in the backing member;
- and
- a transition mounting receiver at least partially disposed within a second one of the plurality of apertures disposed in the backing member, the transition mounting receiver adapted to accommodate at least a portion of the transition mounting feature;
- a plurality of device mounting features comprising a first portion and a second portion,
- wherein each of the first portion of the plurality of device mounting features extend through the device and the transition member, but not the circuit board nor the backing member, the first receiver of the transition member adapted to accommodate one of the first portion of the plurality of device mounting features;
- wherein each of the second portion of the plurality of device mounting features extend through the device, the circuit board, and the backing member, but not the transition member, the second receiver of the transition member adapted to accommodate one of the second portion of the plurality of device mounting features;
- and
- wherein the transition mounting feature extends through the transition member, the circuit board, and the backing member, but not the device.
A system for mounting a device to a circuit board having a first surface and a second surface, the system comprising:
- a transition member disposed between the first surface of the circuit board and the device;
- a backing member disposed proximate the second surface of the circuit board;
- a first device mounting feature extending from the device to the transition member, but not through the circuit board and the backing member;
- a second device mounting feature extending from the device, through the circuit board, to the backing member, but not through the transition member;
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- a transition mounting feature extending from the transition member, through the circuit board, to the backing member, but not through the device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.