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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179681 | Module structure An apparatus includes a case including a surface, a bottom face and a first hole arranged on the bottom face; a first connector on the bottom face of the case; and a guide pin arranged in the first hole and being capable of moving in the first hole. ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8098493 | CFP mechanical platform In one example embodiment, a host device includes a host bezel, first and second guides, and a host connector. The host bezel defines an opening configured to receive a pluggable module. A first cutout on one side of the opening and a second cutout on the opposite s... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8014153 | Floating front enclosure for pluggable module In one example embodiment, a host device includes a front panel, a bezel assembly, a floating PCB, and two host guides. The front panel defines an opening configured to receive a pluggable module in a plugging direction. The bezel assembly defines an opening configu... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7983052 | Electronic device chassis and network The invention relates to an electronic device chassis, comprising at least an opening on the chassis and an inward guide apparatus along the opening; the guide apparatus comprises at least a first guide part and a second guide part which are respectively a concave s... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7684201 | Multi-stage alignment guidepin An alignment guidepin comprises a pre-alignment portion, an alignment portion, and a release portion. The pre-alignment portion provides gross alignment for a connection between a connecting module of a server and a connector of a computer server chassis. The alignm... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7505277 | System comprising a slot configurable to receive a device having an interface type that differs from the interface type of the slot A system comprises a chassis and a slot that is externally accessible on the chassis. The slot is configured to receive a first electronic device having a first electrical interface type. The slot is also configured to receive an adapter comprising a second electric... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7443695 | System for protecting electronic components 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 b... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7433200 | Wired circuit board A wired circuit board has a metal supporting board, an insulating base layer formed on the metal supporting board, a conductive pattern formed on the insulating base layer and including at least one pair of wires arranged in mutually spaced-apart and opposed relatio... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7417868 | Casing unit for electronic device In a casing unit for accommodating a printed circuit board, a case has a plurality of walls, one of the walls being partially or entirely open to form an open surface through which the board is inserted into the case. Guides, secured on side walls, comprise two guid... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7354313 | Photoelectric combined connector A photoelectric combined connector includes a first connector and a second connector. The first connector includes a first housing and a first electrical terminal disposed in the first housing. The second connector includes a second housing, a board disposed in the ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355861 | Card guide for mounting printed circuit boards and the like to electronic equipment housings A card guide for mounting printed circuit boards, electronic pathway or component carrying cards, or the like, to an electronic equipment housing having a wall with a pair of openings formed to receive mounting feet provided on the card guide. The card guide body in... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7339791 | CVD diamond enhanced microprocessor cooling system Cooling systems for microprocessors are addressed. Some systems may include a chemical vapor deposited (CVD) diamond heatspreader mounted to a base of a heat sink and to a microprocessor chip, while others may include a copper insert mounted within a depression of a... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335414 | Printed circuit board and camera module A printed circuit board has a flexible portion where a covering layer is exposed, and a rigid portion provided by forming a resistant layer on a part of the covering layer. To produce a camera module, a lens unit and a CCD are affixed to the printed circuit board th... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7304856 | Assembly for holding circuit cards An assembly for holding circuit cards may comprise a plurality of slots, each slot being configured to receive a circuit card. At least one slot may be modifiable so as to permit the at least one slot to hold circuit cards having differing depths. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301776 | Light-weight flash hard drive with plastic frame A light-weight flash hard drive includes a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) mounted in a housing formed by a plastic frame and a pair of metal panels that are mounted on the plastic frame over the PCBA. The PCBA includes a PC board and a plug connector that is ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7283371 | Device carrier system A component device carrier system includes a component device frame, a component device collar, and a clocked gear assembly providing motion in at least two directions. The component device collar is disposed around a component device. The component device collar is... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7264513 | Removable storage device An adapter for removable memory cards including a housing configured to receive a memory card, a connector for connection to a host system, an interface circuit interconnecting the memory card and connector and adapted to allow communication therebetween and at leas... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258554 | Structure for preventing incorrect insertion of an interface module A foolproof structure for preventing incorrect insertion an interface module is a PCI-Express (PCI-E) interface structure having at least one module stand disposed in a casing and a corresponding fixing frame. The fixing frame includes a first structure correspondin... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7251143 | Device and method for locking and unlocking at least one interface card in a receiving system Device for locking and unlocking at least one interface card plugged into a socket of a receiving system (2) linked to a data processing system. The device (1) comprises a box (3) mounted to the receiving system (2) and receiving at least... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7245499 | Insertion and ejection mechanisms for modular boards and cards Insertion and ejection mechanisms for modular boards and cards. Mechanisms are provided for coupling the motion of insertion/ejection handles coupled to a modular board or a board carrier frame to which a board is attached. The mechanisms include a single-bar linkag... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7224588 | Card guide and method for use in guiding circuit board with respect to chassis A card guide is used in guiding a circuit board with respect to a chassis. The card guide includes a guide rail extending along the card guide in a first direction, an end portion configured for removably attaching the card guide to the chassis, and a finger extendi... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7215556 | Rack-mountable systems A rack-mounted assembly (10) comprises one or more racks, each capable of containing one or more printed circuit boards (PCB) (18), interconnected by a backplane (15) which is located along the bottom of a shelf (14). This position of the... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7180753 | Server packaging architecture utilizing a blind docking processor-to-midplane mechanism A dual motion docking apparatus for docking an electronics console to a component board in a chassis is disclosed. The electronics console and the component board lie in the same plane of the chassis, but the electronics console must be mated with the component boar... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7178996 | High density optical transceiver The invention relates to a high density small form factor opto-electronic transceiver system in which the module housing and guide rail from a large form factor transceiver system, e.g. an X2 transceiver, are used to house a plurality of small form factor... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7170755 | Electronics card with an alignment opening An electronics card, such as a backplane, is precisely aligned with a structure, such as a card cage, via alignment tabs by forming the electronics card to have alignment openings that extend through the electronics card and snuggly accept the tabs. The alignment op... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7145085 | Enhanced connection arrangement for co-planar vertical surface mounting of subassemblies on a mother board The invention provides a subassembly to facilitate co-planar vertical surface mounting of subassembly boards. By “vertically mounting” is meant that a subassembly circuit board with a major surface is mounted perpendicular to the major surface of a circuit mothe... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7139176 | Circuit substrate and method for fabricating the same A circuit substrate including a silicon substrate with through-holes formed therein, conducting films formed on the inside walls of the through-holes, and an organic resin film formed on the surface of at least one side of the silicon substrate and covering at least... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7106584 | Fascia panel for electronics assembly An electronics assembly, for example for use as a network server, comprises a frame that encloses a number of components of the assembly, a facia panel that is attached to a surface of the frame, and is formed as an upper and a lower part that are retained together ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7099160 | Card guide systems and devices A card guide is provided that is suitable for use in connection with a card cage system of an electronic equipment enclosure. The card guide includes one or more engagement elements configured to interact with corresponding structure of the chassis of the electronic... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7061770 | System and method for guidingly mounting a power module to a processor A system having a power module mount adapted to support a power module side-by-side with a card-based processor, and a connectivity guide adapted to guide the power module along a direct path between electrically connected and disconnected relationships with the car... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7054165 | Placement structure of an integrated motherboard for small form factor computer An integrated motherboard for a small form factor computer comprises a CPU socket located in a central region of the motherboard. A south bridge/north bridge chipset is located next to the CPU socket towards the front of the motherboard, and a memory module is locat... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7046118 | Signal processing circuit board with variable resistor which is hardly declined in the mechanical strength while its variable resistor is not limited to one particular location for the installation A signal processing circuit board includes a board body, a variable electronic element, and a hole. The variable electronic element is mounted in a mounting side of the board body. The variable electronic element has an operating member to control an output outputte... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7034606 | VGA-CTF combination cell for 10 Gb/s serial data receivers An input processing circuit includes a first and second input transistors for receiving a differential pair of first and second input signals, respectively. At least one resistor is coupled between first terminals of the first and second input transistors. The input... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6975519 | Insertion and extraction mechanism for circuit boards A mechanism for insertion of a circuit board into a rack assembly and extraction of a circuit board from the rack assembly. The mechanism may include a pair of levers coupled to a circuit board assembly. First and second members may be coupled to each of the levers.... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6975515 | Electrical module An optical encoder module includes a housing that includes at least one recess having an open end and an opposite closed end, and an electrical component accommodated within the recess. A first locking member is formed on the electrical component and a second lockin... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6972961 | Systems and methods for a tongue and groove arrangement for an electronic module and equipment rack The invention is related to methods and apparatus for inserting and/or holding electronic modules into equipment racks. For example, the electronic module can correspond to a power supply, and the equipment rack can correspond to a shelf for a standardized equipment... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6967848 | Adapter for contacting smart cards Adapter for contacting chip cards with a connection of a data processing unit standardized according to a PCMCIA standard, including a plug-in card-like housing which has an insertion slot opening on a front end into a mounting channel for mounting a chip card and a... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6967847 | Computer system with movable card guide 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 par... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6958917 | Substrate holding device and electric-circuit fabricating process 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 ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6956746 | Electronic system with a movable printed circuit assembly 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, a... | 10/18/2005 |
