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Audio connector card for baby-at motherboard in a personal computer/server

US5788509A · kind A · utility

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14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 12, 1996
Grant dateAug 4, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 12, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05K2201/10522
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer having a motherboard housed in a chassis having a bottom panel and a rear panel perpendicular to the bottom panel. The rear panel has a cutout therein. The motherboard is secured to the chassis in parallel with the bottom panel. The motherboard has a socket and the audio card is mounted in the socket perpendicular to the motherboard. The audio card has connectors, such as audio line-in, line-out, microphone, speaker power and game port, mounted perpendicular to the audio card such that the connectors are aligned with the cutout in the rear panel. The audio card is grounded to the chassis with an electromagnetic interference (EMI) gasket contoured to the cutout.

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