Computer enclosure for securing riser card

• US 7,746,630 B2
• Filed: 10/15/2007
• Issued: 06/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chen, Li-Ping, Tsai, Lung-Sheng, Tsai, Ho-Chin
• Primary Examiner(s): Gandhi; Jayprakash N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wilson; Adrian S
• Application Number:
  US11/872,046
• Publication Number:
  US 20090073645A1
• Time in Patent Office: 988 Days
• Field of Search: 361/679.6, 361/752, 361/679.02, 361/679.31, 361/679.32, 361/679.4, 361/724
• US Class Current: 361/679.32
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/185 Mounting of expansion boards

Abstract

A computer enclosure includes a bottom plate (12), a rear plate (14), and a mounting plate (60). The rear plate is perpendicular to the bottom plate for securing an expansion card (100) thereon. The mounting plate is perpendicularly secured on the bottom plate for securing a riser card (80) thereon, and perpendicular to the rear plate. A receiving structure (66) is defined in the mounting plate for a socket (88) formed on the riser card inserting therethrough to electronically receive a part of the expansion card.

Claims

1. A computer enclosure comprising:

a bottom plate;

a rear plate perpendicular to the bottom plate;

at least two brackets secured on the rear plate, each bracket securing at least one expansion card; and

a mounting plate perpendicularly secured on the bottom plate for securing a riser card thereon, and perpendicular to the rear plate, the mounting plate located on the bottom plate at a position between two of the at least two brackets, an opening defined in the mounting plate for a socket formed on the riser card inserting therethrough to electronically receive a part of the expansion card, so that the riser card is capable of coupling to the expansion cards on the at least two brackets, wherein the riser card is mounted parallel to the mounting plate and the riser card is connected to one of the expansion cards through the opening in the mounting plate.

2. The computer enclosure as described in claim 1, wherein the receiving structure is a through opening defined in the mounting plate.

3. The computer enclosure as described in claim 1, wherein the receiving structure is a cutout defined in the mounting plate.

4. The computer enclosure as described in claim 1, wherein a bent flange is perpendicularly formed on the rear plate, and perpendicular to the bottom plate.

5. The computer enclosure as described in claim 4, wherein the bent flange defines a slit therein for receiving an end of a shielding plate secured on the expansion card.

6. The computer enclosure as described in claim 1, wherein each bracket comprises a mounting portion parallel to the bent flange and a positioning portion perpendicular to the mounting portion, the bracket defining a slot in the mounting portion and the positioning portion and extending a direction parallel to bottom plate for the shielding plate of the expansion card covering thereon when the end of the shielding plate inserts into the slit of the bent flange of the rear plate.

7. A computer enclosure comprising:

a bottom plate;

a rear plate perpendicularly formed on the bottom plate;

at least two brackets secured on the rear plate, each bracket securing at least one expansion card having a shielding plate;

a bent flange perpendicularly bent from the rear plate at a side adjacent to one of the brackets and perpendicular to the bottom plate, the bent flange defining at least one slit therein for receiving an end of the shielding plate therein; and

a mounting plate perpendicularly secured on the bottom plate between the two brackets for securing a riser card, wherein the riser card is mounted parallel to the mounting plate, the mounting plate comprising an opening and the riser card is connected to both of the expansion cards, the riser card being connected to one of the expansion cards through the opening.

8. The computer enclosure as described in claim 7, wherein a receiving structure is formed on the mounting bracket for the socket of the riser card inserting therethrough to receive the part of the first expansion card.

9. The computer enclosure as described in claim 8, wherein the receiving structure is a through opening defined in the mounting plate.

10. The computer enclosure as described in claim 8, wherein the receiving structure is a cutout defined in the mounting plate.

11. The computer enclosure as described in claim 7, wherein each bracket comprises a mounting portion parallel to the bent flange and a positioning portion perpendicular to the mounting portion, the bracket defining a slot in the mounting portion and the positioning portion and extending in a direction parallel to bottom plate for the shielding plate of the expansion card covering thereon.

12. A computer comprising:

a bottom plate;

a rear plate perpendicular to the bottom plate;

at least two brackets arranged on the rear plate, each bracket securing at least one expansion card;

a mounting plate perpendicular to the bottom plate and the rear plate, and located between two of the at least two brackets, the mounting plate defining an opening; and

a riser card parallel to the mounting plate, the riser card having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the first surface and the second surface each arranging at least one socket thereon, one socket on the first surface and the second surface of the riser card extending through the opening in the mounting plate so that the riser card is capable of coupling to the expansion cards on the at least two brackets.

13. The computer as described in claim 12, wherein the mounting plate defines a cutout therein for the socket of the riser card extending therethrough.

14. The computer as described in claim 12, wherein the mounting plate defines a through opening therein for the socket of the riser card extending therethrough.

15. The computer as described in claim 12, wherein a bent flange is perpendicularly bent from the rear plate, and perpendicular to the bottom plate.

16. The computer as described in claim 15, wherein the bent flange defines a slit therein for receiving an end of the shielding plate of the expansion card.

17. The computer as described in claim 16, wherein each bracket comprises a mounting portion parallel to the bent flange and the positioning portion perpendicular to the mounting portion, the bracket defining a slot in the mounting portion and the positioning portion and extending a direction parallel to bottom plate for the shielding plate of the expansion card covering thereon when the end of the shielding plate inserts into the slit of the bent flange of the rear plate.