Interface card and butterfly interface transfer structure

• US 7,645,144 B2
• Filed: 03/09/2009
• Issued: 01/12/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ASUSTek Computer, Inc.
• Inventors: Tzeng, Ching-Sung, Chen, Chien-Ying
• Primary Examiner(s): Paumen; Gary F.
• Application Number:
  US12/400,106
• Publication Number:
  US 20090269945A1
• Time in Patent Office: 309 Days
• Field of Search: 439/65, 439/61, 439/62, 361/752, 361/742, 361/760, 361/770
• US Class Current: 439/65
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/185 Mounting of expansion boards
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/52 connecting to other rigid printed circuits or like structures
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6658 on printed circuit board H01R13/6666 - H01R13/6691 take precedence

Abstract

A butterfly interface transfer structure including an interface card, a first add-in card and a second add-in card is disclosed. The interface card includes a plate, a first connector, a second connector and a spacer. The plate has a set of electrical connecting pins, a first surface and a second surface. The first connector is disposed on the first surface, and the second connector is disposed on the second surface, wherein the first connector and the second connector are respectively electrically connected to the electrical connecting pins. The spacer is disposed between the first connector and the plate. The first add-in card is coupled to the first connector, and the second add-in card is coupled to the second connector.

Claims

1. An interface card for coupling with a slot of a motherboard, comprising:

a plate having a set of electrical connecting pins, a first surface and a second surface;

a first connector disposed on the first surface and electrically connected to the set of electrical connecting pins;

a second connector disposed on the second surface and electrically connected to the set of electrical connecting pins; and

a spacer disposed between the first connector and the plate.

2. The interface card according to claim 1, wherein the distance from the top of the first connector to the first surface is longer than the distance from the top of the second connector to the second surface.

3. The interface card according to claim 1, wherein the first connector is coupled to a first add-in card, which is coupled to the first connector along a normal direction of the first surface.

4. The interface card according to claim 3, wherein the second connector is coupled to a second add-in card, which is coupled to the second connector along a normal direction of the second surface.

5. The interface card according to claim 1, wherein the projection position of the first connector on the plate along a normal direction of the first surface is located apart from the projection position of the second connector on the plate along a normal direction of the second surface.

6. The interface card according to claim 1, wherein the interface card is a riser card.

7. The interface card according to claim 1, wherein the first connector and the second connector are the same.

8. The interface card according to claim 7, wherein the first connector and the second connector are two peripheral component interconnect (PCI) sockets, two peripheral component interconnect express (PCI-E) sockets or two peripheral component interconnect extended (PCI-X) sockets.

9. The interface card according to claim 1, wherein the spacer is a dummy circuit board.

10. A butterfly interface transfer structure, comprising:

an interface card coupled to a slot of a motherboard, wherein the interface card comprises;

a plate having a set of electrical connecting pins, a first surface and a second surface;

a first connector disposed on the first surface and electrically connected to the set of electrical connecting pins;

a second connector disposed on the second surface and electrically connected to the set of electrical connecting pins; and

a spacer disposed between the first connector and the plate;

a first add-in card coupled to the first connector; and

a second add-in card coupled to the second connector.

11. The interface transfer structure according to claim 10, wherein the distance from the top of the first connector to the first surface is longer than the distance from the top of the second connector to the second surface.

12. The interface transfer structure according to claim 11, wherein the first add-in card has a first barrier wall positioned at one side of the first add-in card, the second add-in card has a second barrier wall positioned at one side of the second add-in card, the first barrier wall and the second barrier wall face toward the same direction, and the interface transfer structure further comprises:

a frame having a first connecting arm and a second connecting arm, wherein one end of the first barrier wall is fixed on the first connecting arm, and one end of the second barrier wall is fixed on the second connecting arm;

wherein the length of the first connecting arm is greater than the length of the second connecting arm.

13. The interface transfer structure according to claim 10, wherein the projection position on the first connector on the plate along a normal direction of the first surface is located apart from the projection position of the second connector on the plate along a normal direction of the second surface.

14. The interface transfer structure according to claim 10, wherein the interface card is a riser card.

15. The interface transfer structure according to claim 10, wherein the first connector and the second connector are the same.

16. The interface transfer structure according to claim 15, wherein the first connector and the second connector are two PCI sockets, two PCI-E sockets or two PCI-X sockets.

17. The interface transfer structure according to claim 10, wherein the spacer is a dummy circuit board.