A bracket retainer is provided for securing an adapter card in a computer chassis in manner that maintains the electrical and the mechanical stability of the computer chassis and adapter card. This bracket retainer approach secures the adapter card to the computer chassis by utilizing a rotating door structure that allows the adapter card to be tightened into its card connector, as a rear tab of the adapter card, which is protruding through an opening of a rear panel of the computer chassis, is engaged by the rotating door structure. This bracket retainer approach also allows the bracket retainer to be secured to the computer chassis by interlocking the door structure with a top cover of the computer chassis.
Air Baffle With Integrated Tool-Less Expansion Card Attachment
An air baffle with an integrated expansion card attachment is disposed in a computer for receiving an expansion card having a handle attached thereto. The air baffle includes a first wall including a first guide and a second guide projecting from a side surface of the first wall. The first guide a second guide form a transverse space therebetween. The air baffle includes a second wall parallel to the first wall disposed a distance from the first wall approximately equal to a width of the expansion card. The second wall includes a snap retainer having a projected portion thereof. The transverse space formed between the first and second guides of the first wall has a size approximately equal to a thickness of the expansion card such that a first end of the expansion card is firmly held by the first guide and the second guide when the expansion card is inserted into the transverse space. The projected portion inserts between the handle attached to the expansion card and the expansion card in order to hold the expansion card in place. The expansion card is held apart from and parallel to a circuit board of a computer such that an air channel is created between the first wall and the second wall for air to pass across the circuit board of the computer and the expansion card.
Pcba Mounting Assembly For Tool-Less Attachment And Release
361810, 361807, 361752, 361801, 174138 E, 411517, 411530, 411353
Abstract:
A mounting assembly is provided for use in mounting a printed circuit board to a computer chassis. The mounting assembly includes standoffs attached to the chassis wall to extend outward into the chassis. Each standoff includes an elongated body and a neck extending from the body and having a smaller diameter than outer dimensions of the body. Each standoff includes a head extending from the neck. The mounting assembly includes retention assemblies that are mounted to the printed circuit board. Each retention assembly includes a spring-force retention member (such as a single coil of a ring spring) with an inner passageway with an at rest diameter smaller than the head. The printed circuit board is mounted to the chassis wall by pressing the printed circuit board onto the standoff elements, which are clasped by a spring force applied by each of the spring-force retention members on the standoff necks.
Expansion Board Retention And Extraction Mechanism
An-Sheng Anson Zheng - Guangzhou, CN Michael T. Milo - Menlo Park CA, US Brett C. Ong - San Jose CA, US
Assignee:
Oracle America, Inc. - Redwood City CA
International Classification:
H05K 7/14
US Classification:
361802, 347 58, 3602542, 156494, 439160
Abstract:
An apparatus for applying a uniform retention and extraction force to a computer expansion board. The apparatus includes a body with upper and lower retaining members that define a retention channel between them sized to receive an edge of an expansion board. At each end of the catch body pins are provided that extend into a support structure, which is mounted to the computer chassis adjacent a mounting surface for the expansion board. A handle assembly is provided with arms pivotally mounted to the support structure. Each arm includes a dowel that extends into a groove in the catch body. During operation of the mechanism, a handle attached to the arms is moved to pivot the arms and force the catch body from an open position to a closed position with the side pins riding in the guide slots and the dowels riding in the grooves of the catch body.
Low-Profile Tool-Less Board Extraction Device And Method Of Using The Same
An-Sheng Anson Zheng - Guangzhou, CN Michael T. Milo - Menlo Park CA, US Brett C. Ong - San Jose CA, US
Assignee:
Oracle America, Inc. - Redwood City CA
International Classification:
D02J 1/22
US Classification:
29242, 29759, 16405, 16444, 361727
Abstract:
A board extraction device with integrated mounting includes a base portion configured to be disposed on an opening of a circuit board, a rivet extending from a surface of the base portion and configured to pass through the opening, a handle flexibly connected to the base portion, and a pin flexibly connected to the base portion. The rivet has a hole extending therethrough. The pin engages the hole so as to fix the base portion to the circuit board.
Tool-Less Blade Ejector Latch With Integrated Spring
Michael T. Milo - Los Altos CA, US Mark H. Chen - Palo Alto CA, US Brett C. Ong - San Jose CA, US Daniel Hruska - San Carlos CA, US
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Santa Clara CA
International Classification:
H05K 7/16
US Classification:
361801
Abstract:
An ejector latch for removing a blade module from a server chassis includes a latch lever, an ejector catch, and an ejector pull part. The latch lever includes a pivot hole near a first end thereof operable to be coupled to the blade module and a bend near a second end thereof. The ejector catch includes a through-hole passing therethrough and a hook operable to hook onto the server chassis. The ejector pull part includes an integrated spring operable to return the ejector pull part to an original position after being pulled. The second end of the latch lever passes through the through-hole of the ejector catch. The ejector pull part is disposed on the bend near the second end of the latch lever and inside the through-hole of the ejector catch such that, when the ejector pull part is pulled, the ejector pull part slides along the bend near the second end of the latch lever and pushes on a wall of the through-hole to disengage the hook of the ejector catch from the server chassis.
Monitor-Chassis Combination Disposed In A Housing And Method And Apparatus For Manufacturing Same
Steven B. Chase - Cupertino CA James K. Levins - Santa Clara CA Michael T. Milo - San Jose CA
Assignee:
Apple Computer, Inc. - Cupertino CA
International Classification:
A47B 8106
US Classification:
312 72
Abstract:
An appliance such as a personal computer is assembled by attaching a monitor to a metal chassis in predetermined positional relationship thereto. Thereafter, an outer housing is installed around the chassis/monitor unit by mounting a front housing portion (bezel) to a rear housing portion. The attaching of the monitor to the chassis is achieved by the use of brackets mounted on respective flanges of the monitor. Each bracket includes a threaded hole aligned with a threaded hole of the chassis. A mounting screw extends through the flange and is threadedly secured in the threaded holes of the chassis and bracket to secure the monitor to the chassis while simultaneously fixing the positional relationship therebetween.
Darlene Martin (1969-1976), Suzanne Witte (1973-1980), Thomas Picciano (1970-1978), Michael Milo (1980-1988), Michael Ballard (1963-1964)
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Work:
University of Twente - Manager Health-e-Lab (2011)
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