Patent Application
20150185790
This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201310741376.3 filed on Dec. 30, 2013, the contents of which are incorporated by reference herein.
The subject matter herein generally relates to functionality of expansion card chassis assemblies.
Electronic devices, such as microprocessor based computer systems, typically include expansion slots for connecting one or more expansion cards to the computer system. Expansion cards extend the capabilities of computer systems by providing dedicated hardware to achieve a variety of tasks.
Implementations of the present technology will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the attached figures.
It will be appreciated that for simplicity and clarity of illustration, where appropriate, reference numerals have been repeated among the different figures to indicate corresponding or analogous elements. In addition, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiments described herein. However, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the embodiments described herein can be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, methods, procedures, and components have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the related relevant feature being described. Also, the description is not to be considered as limiting the scope of the embodiments described herein. The drawings are not necessarily to scale and the proportions of certain parts may be exaggerated to better illustrate details and features of the present disclosure.
Several definitions that apply throughout this disclosure will now be presented.
The term “substantially” is defined to be essentially conforming to the particular dimension, shape, or other feature that the term modifies, such that the component need not be exact. For example, “substantially cylindrical” means that the object resembles a cylinder, but can have one or more deviations from a true cylinder. The term “comprising,” when utilized, means “including, but not necessarily limited to”; it specifically indicates open-ended inclusion or membership in the so-described combination, group, series and the like.
The present disclosure is described in relation to an expansion card chassis assembly.
The chassis 10 includes a side plate 12, a back plate 14, and a bottom plate 16. The side plate 12 is perpendicular to the back plate 14. The bottom plate 16 is perpendicular to the side plate 12 and the back plate 14. The side plate 12 defines an opening 120 near the back plate 14. An edge of the side plate 12 defines a receiving hole 122 adjacent to the opening 120. The back plate 14 has a side edge and a top edge substantially perpendicular to the side edge. The side plate 12 has a back edge. The opening 120 is proximate to the back edge of the side plate 12. The back edge of the side plate 12 is coupled to the side edge of the back plate 14 with the side plate 12 positioned substantially perpendicular to the back plate 14. The top edge of the back plate 14 defines at least one latching hole 140 away from the bottom plate 16. An interface 160 is located on the bottom plate 16 near the back plate 14.
The expansion card combination 20 includes an expansion card 22, an adapter card 24, and a bracket 26. The expansion card 22 includes a main portion 222 and a locking tab 224. The locking tab 224 is located on an end of the main portion 222. The main portion 222 includes a first inserting part 2220. The adapter card 24 defines a slot 242, a second inserting part 244, and at least one fixing hole 246. An extension direction of the slot 242 is substantially perpendicular to an extension direction of the second inserting part 244.
The bracket 26 includes a holding plate 262, a fixing plate 264, and a supporting sheet 266. The holding plate 262 is perpendicularly connected to the fixing plate 264. One end of the supporting sheet 266 is connected to the holding plate 262. An opposite end of the supporting sheet 266 is connected to the fixing plate 264. The supporting sheet 266 is substantially perpendicular to the holding plate 262 and the fixing plate 264. The holding plate 262 is substantially perpendicular to the fixing plate 264. The holding plate 262 includes a receiving part 2620 and three spring clips 2622. Each spring clip 2622 extends from an edge of the receiving part 2620 away from the fixing plate 264. The fixing plate 264 includes at least one position post 2640 and at least one fastening plate 2642.
In the above embodiment, the adapter card 24 and the expansion card 22 are fixed with the bracket 26, and the expansion card combination 20 is fixed with the chassis 10.
The embodiments shown and described above are only examples. Many details are often found in the art such as the other features of an expansion card chassis assembly. Therefore, many such details are neither shown nor described. Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present technology have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the present disclosure, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in the detail, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of the parts within the principles of the present disclosure, up to and including, the full extent established by the broad general meaning of the terms used in the claims. It will therefore be appreciated that the embodiments described above may be modified within the scope of the claims.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201310741376.3 | Dec 2013 | CN | national |
