Bracket for mounting a circuit board assembly on a mother board

Details Bracket for mounting a circuit board assembly on a mother board Bracket for mounting a circuit board assembly on a mother board

1999-02-01

2000-12-12

Thompson, Gregory

Electricity: electrical systems and devices

Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical...

For electronic systems and devices

361759, 361809, 439328, 439358, H05K 720, H01R 1362

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06160707&

ABSTRACT:
Computer apparatus 10 includes mother board 10M, bracket 12 mounted on the mother board, a circuit board assembly 10A installed in the bracket, and a pair of assembly latches 13L and 13R. The mother board has connector slot 12E for electrically engaging corresponding contacts 10E on the circuit board assembly. The bracket has an elongated base member 12M positioned proximate the connector slot, and a pair of spaced retaining posts 12L and 12R extending generally away from the mother board, one at each end of the base member. The bracket receives the circuit board assembly into the space between the retaining posts. The circuit board assembly has heat conductive thermal plate 14 between circuit board 10C and heat sink 14H. The thermal plate has two end edges 14L and 14R, one proximate each retaining post, which are engaged by the retaining posts during and after installation. Each retaining post has a latch port 12P extending therethrough. Assembly latches 13L and 13R cooperate with the retaining posts through the latch port for latching the circuit board assembly into the bracket after installation. The assembly latches are displaceable from an engaged position E to a released position R, and further into a released-lock position L.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5649831 (1997-07-01), Townsend
patent: 5885097 (1999-03-01), Chen
patent: 5980295 (1999-11-01), Lai et al.

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