Abstract: A short card support for supporting a short printed circuit card insertable into an electronic system is disclosed. The short card support has a card guide end adapted to couple to the card guide of the electronic system and a card receptor end adapted to couple with a first edge of the short printed circuit card. A support span between the card guide end and the card receptor end permits the short card support to accommodate varying lengths of short printed circuit cards.

Abstract: A computer system includes a chassis, a first printed circuit board having a surface facing the cavity and at least one component extending from the surface. The printed circuit board moves between a first position in which the at least one component is at least partially received within the cavity and a second position in which the at least one component is removed from the cavity.

Abstract: A substrate holding device for holding a circuit substrate. The substrate holding device has a substrate clamping device including a receiving member and a movable member which is movable to force a portion of the circuit substrate against the receiving member, for thereby clamping the circuit substrate. At least one of the receiving member and the movable member has an elastically deformable portion provided by its contact portion which is to be brought into contact wiht the circuit substrate. The elastically deformable portion is preferably formed of a rubber or its equivalent material. The substrate holding device may have a movement-velocity reducing device which reduces the movement velocity of the movable member in a final stage of forward movement of the movable member toward the receiving member.

Abstract: An electronic system includes a chassis, a first system component coupled to the chassis and having a first connector, a pivot member pivotally coupled to the chassis, a second system component having a second connector configured to mate with the first connector, and a link coupled to the second system component and slidably coupled to the pivoting member. Pivotal movement of the pivoting member moves the first connector and the second connector between a connected state and a disconnected state.

Abstract: A front installable guide for a circuit card connecting device is provided. The connecting device has a circuit card connector. The guide has a pair of elongated alignment pins. Each of the pins terminates in a fastener for attachment to the connecting device adjacent the connector. The guide also has a guiding member. The guiding member has a groove which is slidably engagable with an edge of a circuit card. A pair of parallel channels is formed in the guiding member for reception of the alignment pins such that when the alignment pins are received in the channels and attached to the connecting device, the groove is aligned for reception of a circuit card to be connected to the connecting device. The guiding member can provide support for the received circuit card.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an interface card fastener, which is set in a computer system host or any other electronic device comprising expansion slots, comprising a bracket and a plurality of pivot assemblies. The bracket is set upon the frame above the expansion slots inside the chassis, and comprises a back frame engaged with the chassis and a plurality of the inner frames extended from the back frame. Each two inner frames define a fasten chamber, and the back frame comprises a horizontal extended L-shape hook in the appropriate position. The pivot assembly is set in the fastener chamber, which rotates between the fastening and the release positions of the interface card, and comprises a hook and a handle linked with the hook. To operate the fastener, pushing the handle directly to hook with the L-shape hook or unhook in interface card positioning, which is easy operating and stable positioning.

Abstract: A card guide of an apparatus in one example comprises a plurality of card guide portions that serve to guide a circuit board into a chassis. The plurality of card guide portions comprise a first card guide portion and a second card guide portion. The first card guide portion serves to guide the circuit board substantially along a first direction during engagement of the circuit board with the first card guide portion. The second card guide portion serves to guide the circuit board substantially along a second direction that is nonlinear with the first direction during engagement of the circuit board with the second card guide portion.

Abstract: An assembly comprising a housing and a circuit board is designed to facilitate a simplified method of assembling the circuit board into the housing, along with a simplified method of coupling the signals on the circuit board to other circuits. The circuit board is guided into place by a pair of slots, with each slot located proximate an end of the housing. The housing includes a support member that has a deflection/retention feature that extends above a plane formed by the circuit board after the board has been assembled to the housing. The assembly is assembled by first partially inserting one end of the board into a slot and pressing the other end of the board toward another slot, with a curved guide deflecting the board downward and into the other slot. When both ends of the circuit board are inserted into the slots, the deflection/retention feature is in contact with the board and flexes the board upward.

Abstract: A mounting apparatus for mounting a motherboard (10) includes a base (80), a supporting tray (20) secured on a bottom of the motherboard, a housing (40) attached on the base with a position hole (46) defined therein, a turntable (50) pivotally mounted on the housing, and a connecting member (60) pivotally connecting the supporting tray and the turntable. The connecting member downwardly forms a cylindrical protrusion (64). A plurality of mounting holes (34) is defined in the supporting tray and each comprises an accommodating hole (31) and a retaining hole (32). A plurality of standoffs (82) is formed on the base. After head portions of the standoffs are received in corresponding accommodating holes, the turntable is rotated to drive the supporting tray. The motherboard is attached to the base when the neck portions are received in corresponding retaining holes, and the cylindrical protrusion engages in the position hole.

Abstract: A screwless technique for mounting a circuit board in a computer chassis is provided in which circular portions of keyhole-shaped mounting openings in the circuit board body are first moved downwardly over notched chassis mounting bosses. The circuit board is then forwardly moved transversely to the bosses to move opening edge portions of the circuit board body into the boss notches in a manner releasably preventing the circuit board from being lifted off the bosses. A retaining bracket is placed adjacent a body edge of the installed circuit board to block the board against rearward releasing movement relative to the chassis bosses.

Abstract: A printed circuit board is by formed by laminating an interlaminar insulating layer on a conductor circuit of a substrate, in which the conductor circuit is comprised of an electroless plated film and an electrolytic plated film and a roughened layer is formed on at least a part of the surface of the conductor circuit.

Abstract: A pivot component of an apparatus in one example is coupled with a first circuit board that comprises a first connection component. The pivot component controls a relative alignment of the first connection component with a second connection component of a second circuit board for an engagement of the first connection component with the second connection component.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a case for confining at least one circuit card to a location within a housing is provided. The case has at least one slot that contains the circuit card. The case also has at least one actuator adapted to clamp the circuit card within the slot.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus has a housing having one end, components contained in the housing, and a door which is lockable at a closed position to hide one end of the housing. The housing has a base to support the door, and a cover connected removable to the base. The cover is removed from the base by sliding toward the door, and hooked on the base by sliding away from the door. The door prevents the cover from sliding in the direction of separating the cover from the base, as long as being locked at the closed position.

Abstract: A support assembly for holding up an expansion card on a motherboard of an electronic device includes a pedestal having a pivotal carrier pivotably coupled to an upper part thereof and comprising a horizontal trough adjacent a top. In response to insertion of the expansion card into an expansion slot of the motherboard by means of a dummy adapter, an edge of the expansion card engages a slanted surface of the carrier to turn the carrier and capture the edge of the expansion card in the trough.

Abstract: An interconnection device has a substrate that includes a conductive trace having an exposed portion at an edge of the substrate. The exposed portion is tapered toward the edge of the substrate. The exposed portion is provided for direct physical contact with a second conductive trace exposed at an edge of a second substrate. A high frequency direct electrical interconnection is thereby provided that reduces the disadvantageous effects of lateral, longitudinal, and co-planar misalignment between the conductive traces.

Abstract: A two piece electronic component heat sink and device package comprising a first piece configured to retain electronic components, and a second piece having a hinge region configured to moveably connect the second piece to the first piece, and a snap lock region opposite the hinge region, the snap lock region configured to secure the second piece to the first piece. A two piece electronic component heat sink and device package for a circuit board comprising: a first piece having an index slot for retaining said circuit board, and a second piece having a hinge region configured to pivotably connect the second piece and the first piece, and a snap lock region configured to secure the second piece to the first piece.

Abstract: A sub-bezel coupled to an electronic device to block electronic emissions and allow for a bezel to be interchangeable. Because the bezel is not needed to block electronic emissions to allow the device to pass through regulatory testing, the bezel can be designed and added after regulatory testing without the electronic device having to be sent back through regulatory testing. Being able to interchange the bezel allows companies to lower projection risks. If a customer projection for a electronic device is too high because the customer does not buy as many electronic devices as expected, the bezel can be changed and the excess electronic devices can be sold to a different customer without having to send all the changed electronic devices back through regulatory testing.

Abstract: A mounting clip that attaches a circuit component to an electrical device attenuates vibration of the circuit component as the electrical device is operated. The mounting clip is designed for a thermo-protector of an electric motor and removably attaches the thermo-protector to a switch housing of the electric motor. The thermo-protector is connected in the circuit of the electric motor and wiring of the electric motor that communicates with the thermo-protector is attached to the mounting clip. The mounting clip is provided with a spring mechanism that engages an abutment provided on the switch housing and biases the mounting clip and the attached thermo-protector and thermo-protector wiring away from the switch housing and thereby attenuates vibration of the thermo-protector and its wiring.

Abstract: An antenna support bracket is provided that preferably strengthens electronic connectors, such as F connectors and the like, by distributing the load or stress applied to an individual connector over all of the connectors in a group of connectors extending from a television or other consumer electronic device, or from an antenna switch mounted therein. In a preferred embodiment, the bracket comprises a thin, elongate body formed of cold rolled steel with a plurality of holes formed therein. The holes, which are spaced apart in a pattern that matches a corresponding group of connectors, are sized to have a diameter slightly largely than the diameters of the connectors to enable the bracket to slide over the connectors.

Abstract: An electronics cabinet is described as being suitable for use in an aircraft. Various embodiments of the cabinet include a databus that facilitates data communications between circuit boards inserted into the cabinet. The cabinet also preferably includes access holes that allow inserted circuit boards to connect directly to an aircraft wiring harness.

Abstract: A system is configured for installing a replaceable component at a replaceable component locus in an equipment cabinet having a front and back plane and a plurality of sides. A fixed component occupies a first volume that establishes a replaceable component volume between the first volume and the back plane. The system includes: (a) a substrate supporting the replaceable component that presents substantially parallel first and second edges in a substrate plane; and (b) a guide structure fixed with the cabinet that cooperates with the substrate to slidingly move the substrate along a replacement route between the front plane and a replacement locus in the replaceable component volume in alternate first and second installation movements. The first installation movement is responsive to a first installation force applied to the substrate in the substrate plane. The second installation movement is responsive to a second installation force applied generally perpendicular with the substrate plane.

Abstract: An RF management system especially suitable for use in CATV head end environments is disclosed. The system is characterized by a basic rack-mountable chassis component that can be configured for both front and rear mount applications, for different cable management solutions and for accepting eighteen passive RF modules or nine active RF modules or a combination of passive and active RF circuit modules. The active configuration of the chassis has an integrated power bus with at least nine connectors for receiving up to nine active RF circuit modules. The active RF circuit modules, such as power supplies and amplifiers are each provided with a “floating” connector for ease in connecting the power supply module or amplifier module to the power bus. The RF power supply module is capable of supplying power to all the active RF modules in the chassis as well as to active RF modules mounted in one or more other chassis in the rack.

Abstract: An operating device for a vehicle, such as an airplane or a bus, includes a board that is adapted to carry electronic circuits, and at least two catch hooks for receiving the board between them. Each of the catch hooks has a contact portion for retaining the board and a base part for supporting the contact portion. The base parts of the catch hooks face each other, and the contact portions face away from each other. When the board is loaded, the catch hooks are pressed towards the respectively other catch hook which results in that the catch hooks lean more and more firmly against the board when force is induced onto the board.

Abstract: An information product with a rotational mechanism is provided. The information product comprises a product body, an interface connection port, and a rotational mechanism. The product body further comprises an indentation, which is used to accommodate a plug-in peripheral device. The interface connection port is disposed in the indentation of the product body and is electrically connected with the plug-in peripheral device. The rotational mechanism is disposed in the indentation of the product body and is electrically connected with the product body and the interface connection port, respectively. Wherein, the rotational mechanism is used to adjust the relative position between the interface connection port and the product body, such that the plug-in peripheral device electrically connected with the interface connection port can be accommodated in the indentation with the help of the rotational mechanism.

Abstract: A bracket assembly includes a bracket which readily and easily couples with a printed circuit board. The bracket includes at least one tab assembly foldably attached with a support flange for supporting the printed circuit board. The bracket also includes an outer flange which is coupled with the computer chassis. Alignment apertures on the support flange and the printed circuit board facilitate the alignment of the printed circuit board, and allow for rework of the printed circuit board. Each tab assembly is adapted to frictionally engage with corresponding features on the printed circuit board.

Abstract: A sliding track assembly includes two side boards formed inside the case of a computer, and a plurality of circular locating members symmetrically mounted on the inner surface of each side board to define a narrow gap on each side board for use as a sliding way for receiving a mobile PC board without producing much friction upon insertion of the mobile PC board.

Abstract: An information handling system includes a chassis having a guide slot and a printed circuit board placed in guide slot of the chassis. The guide slot includes at least two opposing channels aligned adjacent the printed circuit board with a guide tab formed in one of the opposing channels. A daughter card electrically couples to the printed circuit board when placed in an attached position. The daughter card includes a first edge and a second edge that slides between the opposing channels of the guide slot such that the card aligns to couple to the printed circuit board. The card also includes a first detent formed in either the first edge or the second edge. The first detent releaseably interacts with the guide tab formed in the opposing channels such that the guide tab contacts the first detent when the card is placed in an intermediate position.

Abstract: An apparatus for guiding a card enclosure into a daughter card enclosure includes a daughter card removeably positioned within a cage for connecting the daughter card with a mother card. A cassette assembly removably positioned with the daughter card enclosure for connection with said daughter card includes a card configured for pluggable signal interconnection with the daughter card. A guide means for guiding the cassette assembly into proper alignment with the daughter card is mountable therewith and an associated stiffener using two mounting locations. The guide means is configured to insure full insertion of said cassette assembly before plugging in the card and insure an unplugged status of the card before extraction of the cassette assembly from the daughter card enclosure.

Abstract: A fastening member for an electronic circuit board having an elastically deformable leg formed in a case for housing the electronic circuit board and a projection formed continuous with the leg to be engaged with the electronic circuit board so as to fasten the electronic circuit board on a prescribed mounting surface in the case. In the member, the projection is engaged with the electronic circuit board such that a prescribed angle is formed between a surface of the projection contacting the electronic circuit board, when the electronic circuit board is fastened on the mounting surface in the case. With this, since the tangent between the board contact surface and the electronic circuit board is variable within the range of the board contact surface, molding error can be tolerated (absorbed) and volumetric variation produced by temperature change can be readily coped with.

Abstract: The invention relates to a guide and support structure (1) that in addition to providing a secure and stable guide support for the plug-in unit and good electric contact properties enhances the removal of heat from the plug-in unit. This is achieved by means of a guide and support structure having an upper web forming a guide channel for a plug-in unit and being connected to a base of the structure through side walls of the structure. The base is at least partially open in order to allow air flow through the interior of the elongated profile. By virtue of such a configuration blockage of a cooling-air flow will be significantly reduced. Such a reduced blockage of cooling-air flow will in turn enhance the cooling of plug-in units and will require less powerful fans for producing the cooling-air flow.

Abstract: An electronics enclosure is provided. The enclosure includes a modular card cage adapted to receive one or more electronic circuit cards and a heat sink adapted to protrude through an opening of an enclosure and couple to the modular card cage. The modular card cage and the heat sink provide an isolated heat transfer path for heat, produced by each of the one or more electronic circuit cards, to be removed from the enclosure.

Abstract: A circuit board on which various electronic components are mounted is contained in a box-shaped resin case. The case is mounted on a bracket made of an iron plate by snap-fitting projections formed on the case to resilient hooks formed on the bracket. To correctly align the projections with respective resilient hooks by pushing down the case toward the bracket in a process of mounting the case on the bracket, a guiding projection slidably contacting one of the hooks and generating a thrusting force is formed on the case. The case is correctly engaged with the bracket by simply pushing down the case toward the bracket because the case is guided by the guiding projection. Thus, the case can be easily mounted on the bracket without fail.

Abstract: A system for facilitating the mounting of circuit boards within an enclosure. The system includes one or more standoffs that are each received through appropriately formed corresponding openings through a printed circuit board. A flexible clip is attached to the printed circuit board proximate each opening. Each clip includes a retainer portion designed to receive the head of the standoff. Thus, the printed circuit board may be attached to the standoffs simply by placing the circuit board openings over the standoffs and moving the printed circuit board laterally until the clips and standoffs are engaged.

Abstract: The present invention discloses methods and apparatus for installing printed circuit boards within an electronic assembly. One embodiment is a riser card bracket assembly for an electronic system. The riser card bracket comprises an adjustable card retainer disposed within the riser card bracket assembly; the retainer is capable of movement within the riser card bracket assembly to secure cards of various lengths. Another embodiment of the invention is a method for installing cards within a computer housing having a motherboard. The method comprises providing a riser card bracket assembly having an adjustable card retainer. At least one card is inserted within the riser card bracket assembly. The riser card bracket assembly is inserted within the computer housing whereby the at least one card is positioned parallel to the motherboard.

Abstract: A communication device includes a sub-rack unit and a plurality of plug-in units. The sub-rack unit includes a back wiring board having first connectors arranged in lines thereon, and a frame plate including vertical ribs and placed on said back wiring board so that the vertical ribs separate the lines of the first connectors. Each of the plug-in units includes: a printed board including top and bottom sides and parallel first and second sides, the printed board having second connectors provided on the first side thereof; a metal case including top and bottom faces, and parallel first and second side faces so as to cover the printed board; and first and second spring members. Each of said plug-in units is mounted in the sub-rack unit with the first and second connectors being connected so that the first and second side faces of the metal case are pressed outward against the vertical ribs of the frame plate by resilient forces of the first and second spring members, respectively.

Abstract: A chassis for circuit cards has a housing, a front end, a connector end, and a top cover. The housing has an airflow slot on its underside, and the top cover is open in nature, the combination of which allows the flow of forced convection air from top to bottom (or vice versa) to cool the circuit cards. The connector end has alignment pins which assist in blind mating of the chassis in difficult to access areas. Stabilizer rods, spacers and spacer brackets, made from stainless steel, hold the circuit cards in place and protect them from shock, vibration, and other trauma. The front end has a jacking type screw which enables one to exert sufficient pressure so that the greater than 200 I/O pins at the connector end are easily forced into receiving sockets.

Abstract: A system having a removable protective enclosure for an electronic component. The protective enclosure may have a base and a circuit board that may be captured by the base without use of a tool or a separate fastener. A memory module may be disposed on the circuit board. The protective enclosure may be adapted to be mechanically and electrically coupleable to an enclosure.

Abstract: A structure for a circuit board attaching portion includes a circuit board on which an engaged portion are formed and a mounting part in which an engaging claw are formed. The circuit board is attached to the mounting part by engaging the engaging claw with the engaged portion. A catch preventing portion, which prevents the engaging claw from being caught, is formed on the engaged portion. Even when an edge portion of the engaged portion has an acute angle or even when there is a difference in hardness between the circuit board and the mounting part, the catch preventing portion effectively prevents a catch between the engaged portion and the engagement claw from occurring. Therefore, the efficiency of the attaching work can be improved and the circuit board can be prevented from cracking.

Abstract: A housing for use in a vehicle to accommodate a printed circuit board (20, 22) carrying electronic components is provided. The housing has a generally parallelepipedal hood (10) made of plastics and having a plug collar (14) on one of its narrow side walls (12). A base plate closes off the hood (10). The printed circuit board (20) is mechanically and electrically conductively connected on three of the four corners of the hood (10) to a metallic mounting bushing (26). At each of these corners, the hood (10) has a mounting flange (16) and the mounting bushings (26) are anchored in the mounting flanges (16) of the hood (10).

Abstract: An expansion card retainer includes a computer chassis having a card slot formed in a wall of the chassis. A metal tab extends from the wall adjacent the slot. A pivotable bar is attached to the wall. A flexible tongue on the bar is positioned adjacent the card slot for engagement with a card inserted into the slot. A recess in the bar is provided for engagement with the metal tab. A latch is provided on the bar for securing the bar in engagement with the wall.

Abstract: An apparatus for hindering the collection of dust and particulate matter within unutilized housings or ports of hardware component chassis is provided. A port filler baffle for occupying a port within a chassis includes a panel assembly sized and dimensioned to fit within the port of the chassis. A bracket couples with the panel assembly. An aperture filler couples with the bracket. The aperture filler is disposed to hinder particulate intrusion into the unutilized port of the chassis. When the panel assembly is mounted in the chassis, the aperture filler presses against the unutilized port, substantially blocking access to the inside of the port, thus hindering particulate intrusion and keeping the port clean.

Abstract: A housing for an electronic device which can be removably mounted onto a mounting rail which includes a locking element located in an underside of the housing. The locking element can be moved from a first position in which the housing can be fastened onto the mounting rail into a second position wherein the housing can be lifted off the mounting rail. The locking element is associated with a retaining element for retaining the locking element in the second position. The retaining element includes a spring section extending substantially parallel to the locking element and a retaining section extending substantially perpendicularly thereto.

Abstract: A computer system with an EMI prevention structure includes a housing for covering a main board. The housing has leading grooves formed on two opposite inside surfaces. The main board includes a ground layer formed on the periphery, attached shielding devices corresponding to the leading grooves, a thickness of the main board and a shielding device being substantially equal to a gap formed by a leading groove. Each shielding device has a pair of substantially parallel metal plates and a metal side plate forming an open rectangular channel, the open side allowing the shielding device to fit over the ground layer of the main board. A spring latch is installed on a plate of each shielding device to allow the shielding device to remain firmly fixed to the main board.

Abstract: A printed circuit board retainer to direct the movement of a printed circuit board during installation into an enclosure. In a relaxed position, the retainer forms a barrier to the withdrawal of the printed circuit board from the enclosure. The printed circuit board retainer may be displaced from its relaxed position and locked in an open position to facilitate installation and withdrawal of the printed circuit board.

Abstract: A support assembly for mounting a semiconductor device vertically relative to a carrier substrate. The support assembly includes an interposer to which the semiconductor device is attached. The support assembly also includes traces carried on the interposer, which electronically connect the semiconductor device to contacts on the interposer. The contacts are disposed along a single edge of the interposer. The invention also includes an alignment device for releasably mounting the support assembly. The alignment device, which mounts to a carrier substrate, includes one or more receptacles. As a support assembly is inserted into a receptacle, the alignment device establishes an electrical connection between the contacts and corresponding terminals on the carrier substrate. The assembly may also include a cover that attaches to the top of the alignment device and biases the interposer against the carrier substrate.

Abstract: An LGA connector (1) includes a housing (2), and a number of contacts (3) received in the housing. The housing defines a cavity (23) in a middle thereof for receiving a CPU (7) and a multiplicity of passageways (231) in a portion thereof under the cavity, and has a number of stand-offs (220) at a bottom surface thereof. Each passageway includes a slot (2312). Each contact comprises an engaging portion (33) movably engaging in the corresponding slot, a long arm (31) accommodated within the passageway, and a solder portion (32) engaging a PCB (5). In use, the CPU is pressed downwardly to press the housing downwardly. The engaging portion of each contact slides upwardly in the slot. The stand-offs of the housing attach on the PCB, and the long arm of each contact deforms elastically to contact the CPU. The LGA connector thus electrically connects the CPU with the PCB.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for mounting a plurality of circuit card guides on a circuit card cage. The cage has two pairs of end fingers at each end of a mounting surface, and an arch proximate the center thereof. Each card guide has end tabs and a central medial tab having a lateral edge. One set of end fingers is engaged with one of the set of end tabs and the card guide is flexed in the plane thereof to shorten the distance between the ends of the end tabs and fit the other pair of end tabs under the other pair of end fingers. Unflexing the guide fit the tabs under the end fingers. The card is flexed transverse to the plane thereof so the edge of the tab is beyond the arch allowing the guide to unflex so that the tab is moved under the arch.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electronic device including a cabinet and a shelf accommodated in the cabinet. The shelf has a floating mechanism and a plurality of guide rails for guiding a plurality of printed circuit board units. The floating mechanism includes a plurality of holes formed through the shelf, each of the holes having a first diameter; a plurality of tapped holes formed through the cabinet so as to respectively correspond to the holes of the shelf; and a plurality of screws inserted through the holes of the shelf and threadedly engaged with the tapped holes of the cabinet, respectively, each of the screws having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter. The cabinet has a plurality of first guide pins, and the shelf has a plurality of second guide pins each having a diameter smaller than that of each first guide pin.

Abstract: The invention is related to a fixture device for motherboard module by placing two fixing plates on the locational surface of a major control device. A Π-shaped slide way with the same width as the motherboard module is formed on the base plate below the fixing plate. Additionally, a locating button in front of the opening of the slide way is used to secure the motherboard module into the slide way. Through this approach, the motherboard module can be easily installed/disassembled by pressing the locating button without using any tools or test fixtures.