Electricity: electrical systems and devices – Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical... – For electronic systems and devices
Patent
1998-10-06
2000-05-30
Gandhi, Jayprakash N.
Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical...
For electronic systems and devices
361683, 361753, 361798, 361825, 439327, 211 4117, H05K 500, H05K 714, H01R 1362
Patent
active
060697962
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for securing an add-in circuit card in an electronic device including a clamp movably coupled to the electronic device, the clamp configured to releasably engage the card upon movement of the clamp relative from a card engagement position in which the clamp is substantially inside the electronic device to a card disengagement position in which the clamp is substantially outside the electronic device. An apparatus for securing an add-in circuit card in an electronic device including a clamp movably coupled to the electronic device, the clamp configured to releasably engage the card upon movement of the clamp from a card engagement position to a card disengagement, and a switch for controlling electrical power to the card, the switch operated by the clamp such that movement of the clamp between the engagement and disengagement positions closes and opens the switch. A method of removing a card from an electronic device having an activated power source including the steps of disengaging from the card a clamp movably coupled to the electronic device, the clamp operatively coupled to a switch that terminates power delivery to the card upon disengagement of the clamp, and extracting the card from the electronic device. A method of adding an add-in card to an electronic device having a power source, including the steps of inserting the card into the electronic device, and engaging the card clamp with a movably coupled to the electronic device, the clamp operatively coupled to a switch that activates power delivery to the card upon engagement of the clamp.
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Allen Joseph R.
Hastings Robert J.
Varghese Paily T.
Gandhi Jayprakash N.
Sharp, Comfort, & Merrett, P.C.
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