Patent · US Expired

Computer having an expansion card cage assembly

US6118668A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 5, 1998
Grant dateSep 12, 2000
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Expiry dateAug 5, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05K7/1435
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer in which an expansion card cage assembly is mounted in the computer chassis. The expansion card cage assembly includes a wall extending parallel to the chassis wall, a riser card mounted relative to the wall of the cage assembly and having a connector adapted to engage the connector of the motherboard, and at least one expansion card connected to the riser card. A lever is provided on the cage assembly wall and is adapted to engage the chassis wall to quick-detachably connect the cage assembly to the chassis.

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