Personal computer having expansion card adapter bracket

• US 4,924,355 A
• Filed: 04/25/1989
• Issued: 05/08/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/1989
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Dell USA LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dell Corporate Services Corporation
• Inventors: Mitchell, Charles W., Rodriquez, Robert G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Thompson, Gregory D.
• Application Number:
  US07/343,765
• Time in Patent Office: 378 Days
• Field of Search: 174/35 R, 174/51, 211/41, 361/393, 361/394, 361/395, 361/399, 361/413, 361/415, 361/424, 361/427, 361/429, 439/88, 439/92, 439/108, 364/708
• US Class Current: 361/679.32
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/184 Mounting of motherboards
• 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: H05K 7/1429 for circuits carrying a CPU and adapted to receive expansion cards

Abstract

A personal computer has a chassis having a plurality of expansion slots in which are mounted optional Input/Output (I/O) expansion cards. At least one first expansion card has a first bracket adapted for connection to a mounting fixture. At least one second expansion card has a second bracket that is not adapted for connection to the mounting fixture. An adapter bracket is provided which is configured to connect to the mounting fixture and also to the second bracket to provide mounting of the second expansion card in one of the expansion card positions.

Claims

1. A personal computer comprising;

(a) a mounting chassis having a plurality of expansion card positions, each position having a mounting fixture;

(b) at least one first expansion card, mounted in one of the expansion card positions, having a first bracket adapted for connection to a respective mounting fixture;

(c) at least one second expansion card, mounted in one of the expansion card positions, having a second bracket not adapted for connection to a respective mounting fixture; and

(d) an adapter bracket, configured to connect to a respective mounting fixture, and also configured to connect to the second bracket, to effect mounting the second expansion card in the one of the expansion card positions.

2. The computer of claim 1 wherein the adapter bracket is configured to receive the second bracket in a pressure fit.

3. The computer of claim 2 wherein the adapter bracket comprises a pair of side flanges disposed along its length.

4. The computer of claim 3 wherein the second bracket comprises a pair of side rails disposed along its length, the side rails each including a plurality of pressure fit ground contact points that contact the side flanges to reduce electromagnetic radiation from the computer.