Expansion card securing mechanism and expansion card connecting module comprising the same
AssigneeWistron Corporation
InventorChing-Jen Yu
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Abstract
An expansion card securing mechanism includes a rail component, a sliding unit and a fastening component. The rail component extends in a sliding direction, is connected to an insertion side of an expansion card connecting device, and is pivotable about an axis that extends in the sliding direction. The sliding unit is connected to the rail component, is slidable in the sliding direction, and is formed with a securing structure that is adapted to be secured detachably to an expansion card. The fastening component interconnects the rail component and the sliding unit for positioning releasably the sliding unit relative to the rail component.
Claims16
An expansion card securing mechanism adapted to be mounted on an expansion card connecting device, at least one expansion card being allowed to be inserted in an inserting direction into the expansion card connecting device through an insertion side of the expansion card connecting device, said expansion card securing mechanism comprising:
- a rail component extending in a sliding direction that is transverse to the inserting direction, the rail component being adapted to be connected to the insertion side of the expansion card connecting device, the rail component further being pivotable about an axis that extends in the sliding direction;
- a sliding unit connected to said rail component, the sliding unit being slidable in the sliding direction, and the sliding unit further being formed with a securing structure that is adapted to be secured detachably to an edge of the expansion card;
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- a fastening component interconnecting said rail component and said sliding unit for releasably positioning said sliding unit relative to said rail component.
An expansion card connecting module comprising:
- an expansion card connecting device including;
- an adapter plate portion,
- an adapter mounted on said adapter plate portion, and
- an extending plate portion connected perpendicularly to said adapter plate portion and having a distal end that is at an insertion side of said expansion card connecting device, said adapter plate portion and said extending plate portion cooperating to define an accommodating space, at least one expansion card being allowed to be inserted in an inserting direction into said accommodating space through said insertion side of said expansion card connecting device;
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- an expansion card securing mechanism including;
- a rail component extending in a sliding direction that is perpendicular to the inserting direction, the rail component being connected to the insertion side of said expansion card connecting device, the rail component further being pivotable about an axis that is parallel to the sliding direction,
- a sliding unit connected to said rail component, the sliding unit being slidable in the sliding direction, the sliding unit further being formed with a securing structure that is adapted to be secured to an edge of the expansion card, and
- a fastening component interconnecting said rail component and said sliding unit for releasably positioning said sliding unit relative to said rail component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.