Circuit card retainer
First Claim
1. A circuit card retainer comprisinga surface plane having a groove for receiving an edge of a circuit card, andsaid groove comprising an abutment wherein said abutment is movable to enable said abutment to be displaced upon insertion of the circuit card, and wherein said abutment prevents movement of the circuit card out of said circuit card retainer unless said abutment is moved independent of the circuit card and in a manner to permit such removal.
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Abstract
A circuit card retainer for securing a circuit card within a circuit card receiving channel to mitigate the possibility of a circuit card connector jarring loose from a motherboard slot during transit or other vibration or shock causing activity. The circuit card retainer securely retains an inner edge of the circuit card upon insertion of the circuit card, and allows the circuit card to be extracted only if the groove abutment is flexed away from the inner edge of the circuit card, thereby removing the obstruction caused by the groove abutment.
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14 Claims
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1. A circuit card retainer comprising
a surface plane having a groove for receiving an edge of a circuit card, and said groove comprising an abutment wherein said abutment is movable to enable said abutment to be displaced upon insertion of the circuit card, and wherein said abutment prevents movement of the circuit card out of said circuit card retainer unless said abutment is moved independent of the circuit card and in a manner to permit such removal.
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7. A circuit card retainer comprising
a surface comprising one or more circuit card receiving channels wherein each circuit card receiving channel comprises a groove for receiving an edge of a circuit card, and said groove comprising an abutment wherein said abutment is movable to enable said abutment to be displaced upon insertion of the circuit card, and wherein said abutment prevents movement of the circuit card out of said circuit card retainer unless said abutment is moved independent of the circuit card and in a manner to permit such removal.
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13. A circuit card retainer comprising
a receiving groove for receiving an edge of a circuit card wherein said edge of said circuit card defines a plane perpendicular to the circuit card and said edge comprises a top corner, said receiving groove comprising an abutment wherein said abutment circumscribes said top corner of said circuit card edge when said circuit card is fully received in said receiving groove and thereby substantially prevents withdrawal of the fully received circuit card from the receiving groove, said abutment being movable out of the plane defined by the circuit card edge to enable removal of said circuit card from the receiving groove.
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14. A circuit card retainer comprising
a surface comprising one or more receiving grooves, each receiving groove for receiving an edge of a circuit card wherein said circuit card edge comprises a top corner, said receiving groove comprising an abutment wherein said abutment circumscribes said top corner of said circuit card edge when said circuit card is fully received in said receiving groove and thereby substantially prevents withdrawal of the fully received circuit card from the receiving groove, said abutment being movable apart from the surface to enable removal of said circuit card from the receiving groove.
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