EXPANSION CARD FOR THIN TYPE COMPUTER

• US 20070291460A1
• Filed: 06/14/2007
• Published: 12/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Universal Scientific Industrial Co., Ltd. (ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Universal Scientific Industrial Co., Ltd. (ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: CHU, Yu-Chen
• Application Number:
  US11/762,841
• Publication Number:
  US 20070291460A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/801
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/186 Securing of expansion boards in correspondence to slots provided at the computer enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/1407 by turn-bolt or screw member

Abstract

An expansion card for a thin type computer in which the expansion card includes a bracket for mounting to the housing of the thin type computer, a circuit board mounted on the bracket for electrically connecting to the motherboard, and a plug terminal mounted on the bracket and electrically connected to the circuit board. When the circuit board is connected to the motherboard, the vertical height of both of the bracket and the circuit board above the motherboard is less than 80 mm.

Claims

1. An expansion card for a thin type computer having a housing and a motherboard, said expansion card comprising:

a bracket for mounting to said housing of said thin type computer;

a circuit board mounted on said bracket for electrically connecting to said motherboard; and

at least one plug terminal mounted on said bracket and electrically connected to said circuit board;

wherein the vertical height of both of said bracket and said circuit board above said motherboard is less than 80 mm when the circuit board is connected to said motherboard.

2. The expansion card as claimed in claim 1, wherein said housing of said thin type computer comprises a top cover shell and a bottom cover shell and said expansion card is adapted to be mounted to said bottom cover shell;

wherein said top cover shell is closable on said bottom cover shell such that said expansion card is stopped by said top cover shell to prohibit vertical displacement of said expansion card.

3. The expansion card as claimed in claim 1, wherein said bracket has at least one retaining portion for engaging with at least one locating portion of said housing such that said expansion card can be held in place.

4. The expansion card as claimed in claim 3, wherein said bracket has two said retaining portions bilaterally provided at a top side of said bracket remote from said motherboard, and said housing has two said locating portions corresponding to the two retaining portions of said bracket.

5. The expansion card as claimed in claim 3, wherein said retaining portion of said bracket is provided at a bottom side of said bracket adjacent to said motherboard.

6. The expansion card as claimed in claim 3, wherein said retaining portion of said bracket is a protruding rib and said locating portion of said housing is a through hole for receiving said protruding rib.

7. The expansion card as claimed in claim 4, wherein said retaining portion of said bracket is a protruding rib and said locating portion of said housing is a through hole for receiving said protruding rib.

8. The expansion card as claimed in claim 5, wherein said retaining portion of said bracket is a protruding rib and said locating portion of said housing is a through hole for receiving said protruding rib.

9. The expansion card as claimed in claim 1, wherein said bracket has two lugs extending in direction toward said circuit board, said lugs each having a screw hole corresponding to one of two through holes of said circuit board such that said bracket and said circuit board can be joined by two screws.

10. The expansion card as claimed in claim 1, wherein said bracket has at least one through hole for receiving said plug terminal.

11. The expansion card as claimed in claim 1, wherein the vertical height of said expansion card is about 45 mm above said motherboard.

12. The expansion card as claimed in claim 1, wherein said circuit board has a plurality of conducting contacts for electrically connecting said expansion card and said thin type computer.