Brackets and levers for installing and maintaining motherboards in computer systems
First Claim
1. A computer system having a chassis in the form of a rectangular box with closed integral sides and bottom and a CPU board, said chassis having an open top for receiving said board comprising:
- a movement imparting member for installing and maintaining said board in an operating position,a support member, included in said bottom, supporting said movement imparting member,said movement imparting member having an extending portion extending from said support member in the direction of said open top of said chassis, andsaid board having a surface engaged by said extending portion whereupon on movement of said extending portion movement of said board is effected to cause said installation of said board and maintenance of said board in its operating position.
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Abstract
In a computer system requiring the CPU board to be installed and removed from the top of the chassis, there is included a CPU board installation and maintaining lever supported for movement from the base of the chassis and perpendicularly to the board when the board is installed. The board has an opening of a dimension to allow the board on installation and removal to passed over the lever into a position where contact with the lever will move the board into and out of its operative position without the need to use hardware on its installation and removal. Also included is a bracket having holding surfaces securing a speaker to the bracket and the bracket to the chassis, the latter holding surfaces allowing the bracket to assume a first position in the chassis and a second position away from the base of the chassis to create a suitable space for the installation and removal of the board to and from the chassis.
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19 Claims
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1. A computer system having a chassis in the form of a rectangular box with closed integral sides and bottom and a CPU board, said chassis having an open top for receiving said board comprising:
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a movement imparting member for installing and maintaining said board in an operating position, a support member, included in said bottom, supporting said movement imparting member, said movement imparting member having an extending portion extending from said support member in the direction of said open top of said chassis, and said board having a surface engaged by said extending portion whereupon on movement of said extending portion movement of said board is effected to cause said installation of said board and maintenance of said board in its operating position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer system having a chassis in the form of a rectangular-box with closed integral sides and bottom and a CPU board, said chassis having an open top for receiving said board, said system includes a speaker comprising:
a holding member securing said speaker to one of said sides of said chassis, and said holding member including a guiding member positioning said holding member in first and second operative positions relative to said chassis. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of installing and maintaining a CPU board in a computer system having a chassis with closed integral sides and bottom, said chassis also having an open top, said system including a CPU board having a component carrying side facing said open top and a speaker comprising the steps of:
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forming an opening in said board so that when said chassis is in a generally horizontal position said board will be generally horizontally positioned and in which case said opening extends with its axis in a generally vertical plane, mounting a lever at the base of said chassis, causing an extending portion of said lever to extend into and through said opening, causing said lever to contact said board when extended through said opening, in mounting said lever when said chassis is so positioned, arranging said lever so that said lever can be moved in a direction to effect a generally horizontal movement of said board to position said board in operative and inoperative positions in said chassis, mounting said speaker adjacent one of the sides of said chassis and on said component carrying side of said board when said board is positioned in said chassis, and causing the speaker so mounted to be displaceable to a first operative position adjacent said board and to a second operative position spaced from said board, in which in the second operative position said board is free to be installed and removed from said chassis with the lever still mounted in said chassis.
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