Adaptive card and motherboard having the same

• US 10,312,614 B2
• Filed: 11/15/2017
• Issued: 06/04/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Inventors: Lin, Bing-Min, Fan, Chen-Wei, Tseng, Tzu-Yang, Chih, I-Ying, Kuo, Hung-Kuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Paumen, Gary F
• Application Number:
  US15/813,265
• Publication Number:
  US 20180138612A1
• Time in Patent Office: 566 Days
• Field of Search: 439 74, 439 62, 439 65, 439490, 361752, 361756-759, 361801-802
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/185 Mounting of expansion boards
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/186 Securing of expansion boards in correspondence to slots provided at the computer enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/187 Mounting of fixed and removable disk drives
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/20 Cooling means
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/716 Coupling device provided on the PCB
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/721 cooperating directly with the edge of the rigid printed circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/64 Means for preventing incorrect coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/7172 Conduits for light transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/7175 Light emitting diodes (LEDs)
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2201/06 for computer periphery
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/0201 Thermal arrangements, e.g. for cooling, heating or preventing overheating
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/142 Arrangements of planar printed circuit boards in the same plane, e.g. auxiliary printed circuit insert mounted in a main printed circuit
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/18 Printed circuits structurally associated with non-printed electric components H05K1/0201, H05K1/023, H05K1/0243, and H05K1/16 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10106 Light emitting diode [LED]

Abstract

An adaptive card is provided. The adaptive card is adapted to a motherboard with a connecting slot. The adaptive card includes a main body, a first connector, a second connector, a plurality of first fixing holes, a plurality of second fixing holes and a port. The main body includes a first surface, a second surface and a side edge. The first connector is configured on the first surface. The second connector is configured on the second surface. A plurality of first fixing holes are formed on the first surface and arranged along a direction corresponding to an insertion direction of the first connector. A plurality of second fixing holes are formed on the second surface and arranged along a direction corresponding to an insertion direction of the second connector. A port is configured on the side edge and used to be connected to the connecting slot.

Claims

1. An adaptive card, adapted to a motherboard with a connecting slot, the adaptive card comprising:

a main body, including a first surface, a second surface, a side edge and an opening;

a first connector, configured on the first surface, and the first connector is a M.2 connector for connecting to a first M.2 device;

a second connector, configured on the second surface;

a plurality of first fixing holes, formed on the first surface and arranged along a direction corresponding to an insertion direction of the first connector for fixing the first M.2 device;

a plurality of second fixing holes, formed on the second surface and arranged along a direction corresponding to an insertion direction of the second connector; and

a port, configured on the side edge and configured to be connected to the connecting slot, wherein at least a part of the first M.2 device is exposed through the opening, and the opening is configured to cool the first M.2 device by allowing airflow to pass therethrough.

2. The adaptive card according to claim 1, wherein the second connector is a M.2 connector, the first fixing holes and the second fixing holes are M.2 fixing holes for respectively connecting and fixing to the first M.2 device and a second M.2 device.

3. The adaptive card according to claim 1, wherein the main body further includes a light emitting diode (LED) module.

4. The adaptive card according to claim 1, wherein the main body further includes a fool-proof baffle and a first fool-proof notch.

5. A motherboard, comprising:

a main body;

a memory slot;

a M.2 adaptive card slot; and

a M.2 adaptive card, the M.2 adaptive card includes;

a main body, including a first surface, a second surface and a side edge;

a first M.2 connector, configured on the first surface, for connecting to a first M.2 device;

a second M.2 connector, configured on the second surface;

a plurality of first fixing holes, formed on the first surface, the first fixing holes are corresponding to the first M.2 connector;

a plurality of second fixing holes, formed on the second surface, the second fixing holes are corresponding to the second M.2 connector; and

a port, configured on the side edge and configured to be connected to the connecting slot, wherein the main body of the M.2 adaptive card includes an opening to expose at least a part of the first M.2 device, and the opening is configured to cool the first M.2 device by allowing airflow to pass therethrough.

6. The motherboard according to claim 5, wherein the M.2 adaptive card further includes a LED module.

7. The motherboard according to claim 5, wherein the main body of the M.2 adaptive card further includes a fool-proof baffle and a first fool-proof notch, and the M.2 adaptive card slot includes a second fool-proof baffle.

8. The motherboard according to claim 5, wherein the motherboard further includes a heat dissipation module.