Motherboard of computer

• US 10,314,170 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, Ng, Teng-Liang, Tan, Ji-Kuang, Tsai, Ming-Fang, Lin, Chih-Kuang
• Primary Examiner(s): Tweel, Jr., John A
• Application Number:
  US15/813,246
• Publication Number:
  US 20180139845A1
• Time in Patent Office: 566 Days
• Field of Search: 340653
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/183 Internal mounting support structures, e.g. for printed circuit boards, internal connecting means for buses G06F13/409
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/20 Cooling means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3058 Monitoring arrangements for monitoring environmental properties or parameters of the computing system or of the computing system component, e.g. monitoring of power, currents, temperature, humidity, position, vibrations thermal management in cooling arrangements of a computing system G06F1/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/325 by lamps or LED's
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/38 using flashing light
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/0274 Optical details, e.g. printed circuits comprising integral optical means H05K1/0269 takes precedence; coupling light guides with opto-electronic components G02B6/42
• 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 1/181 associated with surface mounted components
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/09063 Holes or slots in insulating substrate not used for electrical connections
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/09145 Edge details
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/09172 Notches between edge pads
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10106 Light emitting diode [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10151 Sensor
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10393 Clamping a component by an element or a set of elements
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10409 Screws
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10446 Mounted on an edge
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10522 Adjacent components
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/20172 Fan mounting or fan specifications

Abstract

A motherboard of a computer is provided. The motherboard of a computer includes a main body, a notch formed at a side edge of the main body, an auxiliary device, and a fixing device formed adjacent to the notch to fix the auxiliary device in the notch, wherein the auxiliary device is a light guiding device including patterns.

Claims

1. A motherboard of a computer, comprising,

a main body having a first surface, a second surface opposing the first surface, and a side edge interconnecting the first surface and the second surface along an outer perimeter of the main body;

a notch defined by an indentation of the side edge of the main body as viewed in plan view;

an auxiliary device, configured as a light guiding device, exhibiting a length longer than a length of the notch; and

a fixing device, formed adjacent to the notch, configured to fix the auxiliary device in position relative to the notch, wherein, when affixed to the main body by the fixing device, the auxiliary device extends outwardly from the outer perimeter and into a void provided by the notch such that at least a portion of the light guiding device is unobstructed from view in plan view of the first surface and unobstructed from view in plan view of the second surface.

2. The motherboard of the computer according to claim 1, further comprises a lighting device disposed on the first surface of the main body and configured to illuminate the auxiliary device.

3. The motherboard of the computer according to claim 2, wherein the motherboard further includes a detecting unit, the detecting unit detects operation status of the motherboard and provides a detecting result to make the light-emitting component to adjust light conditions according to the detecting result.

4. The motherboard of the computer according to claim 1, wherein the auxiliary device includes a clamping device.

5. The motherboard of the computer according to claim 1, wherein the auxiliary device includes a supporting device.

6. The motherboard of the computer according to claim 5, wherein the supporting device includes a fixing portion and a supporting component, and the supporting component is pivotally connected to the fixing portion to rotate relative to the fixing portion.

7. The motherboard of the computer according to claim 1, wherein the auxiliary device has a visible pattern disposed on the portion that is unobstructed from view.

8. The motherboard of the computer according to claim 1, wherein the notch is elongated along a direction of the side wall.

9. The motherboard of the computer according to claim 1, wherein the auxiliary device spans across the notch.