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US 9,854,673 B2Granted
Grips to retain fasteners for expansion cards
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorCheng-Yi Yang
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Abstract
An example device in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes a grip to secure the device to an expansion card. The grip includes an upper grip portion to receive a fastener, and a standoff formed by a lower grip portion. The standoff is to establish a standoff distance between the expansion card and the mainboard when the device is secured to the expansion card and fastened to the mainboard.
Claims15
A device comprising:
- a grip to secure the device to an expansion card based on a friction fit, wherein:
- the grip includes an upper grip portion to receive a fastener;
- and
- the grip allows a portion of the expansion card to extend into the device to create a thermal couple between the expansion card and a mainboard;
- a shoulder to retain the fastener in the device while enabling the fastener to be operable while retained in the device to fasten the device to the mainboard;
- and
- a standoff formed by a lower grip portion to establish a standoff distance between the expansion card and the mainboard when the device is secured to the expansion card and fastened to the mainboard.
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A device comprising:
- a grip to secure the device to an expansion card based on a friction fit, wherein:
- the grip includes an upper grip portion to receive a fastener;
- the grip includes a shelf to stabilize the fastener;
- and
- the grip allows a portion of the expansion card to extend into the device to create a thermal couple between the expansion card and a mainboard;
- and
- a standoff formed by a lower grip portion to establish a standoff distance between the expansion card and the mainboard when the device is secured to the expansion card and fastened to the mainboard, wherein:
- the upper grip portion has first radius corresponding to an upper cutout of the expansion card;
- and
- the lower grip portion has a second radius corresponding to a lower cutout of the expansion card.
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A device comprising:
- a grip to secure the device to an expansion card based on a friction fit, wherein:
- the grip includes an upper grip portion to receive a fastener;
- and
- the grip allows a portion of the expansion card to extend into the device to create a thermal couple between the expansion card and a mainboard;
- and
- a shoulder to retain the fastener while enabling the fastener to be operable while retained in the device to fasten the device to mainboard;
- a standoff formed by a lower grip portion, to establish a standoff distance between the expansion card and the mainboard when the device is secured to the expansion card and fastened to the mainboard;
- and
- a fastener captively retained by a captive orifice of the shoulder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.