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Protective cover for DIMM circuit card

  • US 7,255,577 B2
  • Filed: 04/14/2005
  • Issued: 08/14/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A protective cover for a memory circuit card comprising:

  • a pair of cover members for substantially containing the memory circuit card;

    said cover members being secured to opposite sides of the memory circuit card;

    said pair of cover members defining a socket-receiving channel between a respective printed-circuit-board (PCB) mating face of said pair of cover members;

    said pair of cover members including a plurality of positioning, aligning and retaining features for positioning, aligning and retaining the memory circuit card;

    said positioning, aligning and retaining features including gripper features engaging the memory circuit card in gripping engagement for positioning a portion of the memory circuit card within said socket-receiving channel with another portion of the memory circuit card extending outside said socket-receiving channel;

    said positioning, aligning and retaining features including features receiving fasteners securing said pair of cover members to the memory circuit card; and

    said cover members includes latch-engaging features enabling alignment, installation, and removal of the DIMM circuit card from an associated printed circuit board (PCB).

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