Information handling system expandable blank card insert system and method
First Claim
1. An information handling system comprising:
- plural components operable to process information;
a motherboard operable to interface the plural components;
an external card bay interfaced with the motherboard and having signal connectors operable to communicate electrical signals between an external card and the plural components, the external card bay further having opposing side walls defining a width of the external card bay;
an external card inserted in the external card bay and having signal connectors coupled to the external card bay connectors, the external card having a width of less than the external card bay width to leave a gap between the external card and a side wall; and
an external card blank inserted in the external card bay and having a variable width adjustable to fill the gap between the card and the side wall.
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Abstract
A blank expansion card adjusts to selected widths within an information handling system expansion card bay having horizontally aligned connectors in order to provide support to an adjacent expansion card. The blank expansion card has a base that couples with an expansion card connector, a body extending from the base along a side wall of the expansion card bay, and an adjustable member that extends from the body an adjustable distance to engage the adjacent expansion card and ensure that the expansion card remains in position against an opposing side wall of the expansion card bay. The adjustable member essentially adjusts the width of the expansion card bay to snuggly fit expansion cards of varying width by extending from or retracting into a housing of the expansion card blank body.
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20 Claims
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1. An information handling system comprising:
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plural components operable to process information;
a motherboard operable to interface the plural components;
an external card bay interfaced with the motherboard and having signal connectors operable to communicate electrical signals between an external card and the plural components, the external card bay further having opposing side walls defining a width of the external card bay;
an external card inserted in the external card bay and having signal connectors coupled to the external card bay connectors, the external card having a width of less than the external card bay width to leave a gap between the external card and a side wall; and
an external card blank inserted in the external card bay and having a variable width adjustable to fill the gap between the card and the side wall. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for coupling an external card in an information handling system external card bay, the method comprising:
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inserting an external card blank against a first side wall of the external card bay;
inserting the external card against a second side wall of the external card bay;
coupling signal connectors of the external card to signal connectors of the external card bay;
disposing a member between the external card blank and the external card; and
adjusting the member to rest against the external card and the external card blank to maintain the external card against the second side wall. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for securing an expansion card in an information handling system expansion card bay, the expansion card bay having first and second connectors, the system comprising:
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a base having a connector operable to couple with the first expansion card bay connector;
a body extending from the base to align against an expansion card bay wall, the body having a width and a cavity; and
an adjustable member coupled to the body, the adjustable member aligned to selectively extend from the body into the expansion card bay to engage an expansion card coupled to the second expansion card bay connector. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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