Peripheral card holder for an information handling system

• US 9,946,313 B2
• Filed: 05/26/2016
• Issued: 04/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Abdul-Razzak, Neda
• Primary Examiner(s): THAKER, NIDHI VIVEK
• Application Number:
  US15/165,601
• Publication Number:
  US 20170344078A1
• Time in Patent Office: 691 Days
• Field of Search: 36167932, 361737, 361740, 361807, 361810, 361695
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/185 Mounting of expansion boards
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/20 Cooling means

Abstract

A peripheral card for an information handling system mounts to an end of a chassis. The peripheral card has an opposite end secured to a base. The base has switchable features for accommodating different types of peripheral cards that may be installed in the chassis.

Claims

1. An information handling system, comprising:

a processor;

a peripheral card operatively coupled to the processor and having a printed circuit board; and

a base retaining an edge of the peripheral card, the base having different notches according to a length of the peripheral card, the different notches having different depths within the base from a common edge of the base, the edge of the peripheral card inserting into one of the different notches having a depth that aligns with the length of the peripheral card.

2. The information handling system of claim 1, further comprising a fan for convecting air to cool the peripheral card.

3. The information handling system of claim 1, further comprising an air duct in the base, the air duct directing the air from the fan to the peripheral card.

4. The information handling system of claim 1, further comprising a bracket retaining an opposite edge of the peripheral card.

5. An information handling system, comprising:

a processor;

a memory device operatively coupled to the processor;

a peripheral card having a printed circuit board;

a connection between the processor and the peripheral card;

a base having two different notches as different installation positions for the peripheral card, the two different notches having different depths within the base from a common edge of the base; and

an insert having a channel that retains an edge of the peripheral card, the insert inserted into one of the two different notches within the base that corresponds to a length of the peripheral card, the insert installed in one of the different installation positions to accommodate the length of the peripheral card.

6. The information handling system of claim 5, further comprising a fan for moving air to cool the peripheral card.

7. The information handling system of claim 6, further comprising an air duct in the base, the air duct directing the air from the fan to the peripheral card.

8. The information handling system of claim 6, further comprising an air duct in the base, the air duct directing the air along the insert to the peripheral card.

9. The information handling system of claim 5, further comprising a bracket retaining an opposite edge of the peripheral card.

10. The information handling system of claim 5, further comprising a grasp tab extending from the insert, the grasp tab for removing the insert from the one of the two different notches.

11. The information handling system of claim 5, further comprising a pinch tab extending from the insert, the pinch tab engagingly locking the insert in the one of the two different notches.

12. The information handling system of claim 5, further comprising a pair of pinch tabs extending from the insert, the pair of pinch tabs engagingly locking the insert in the one of the two different notches.

13. An information handling system, comprising:

a processor;

a memory device operatively coupled to the processor;

a peripheral component interconnect card having a printed circuit board;

a peripheral component interconnect bus connecting the processor and the peripheral component interconnect card;

a base having two different notches, formed within an air duct the two different notches offset from each other in two different planes, a first notch of the two different notches having a first depth along a first plane of the two different planes, a second notch of the two different notches having a second depth along a second plane of the two different planes, the two different notches and the two different planes configured as a different installation positions according to a length of the peripheral component interconnect card; and

an insert installed in one of the two different notches to accommodate the length of the peripheral component interconnect card, the insert having a channel that retains an edge of the peripheral component interconnect card, the insert aligning a longitudinal axis of the peripheral component interconnect card along one of the two different planes.

14. The information handling system of claim 13, further comprising a fan for moving air through the air duct to cool the peripheral component interconnect card.

15. The information handling system of claim 13, further comprising a bracket retaining an opposite edge of the peripheral component interconnect card.

16. The information handling system of claim 13, further comprising a grasp tab extending from the insert, the grasp tab for removing the insert from the one of the two different notches.

17. The information handling system of claim 13, further comprising a pinch tab extending from the insert, the pinch tab engagingly locking the insert in the one of the two different notches.

18. The information handling system of claim 13, further comprising a pair of pinch tabs extending from the insert, the pair of pinch tabs engagingly locking the insert in the one of the two different notches.