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Memory retention system to reduce shock-related discontinuities

US8472178B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Dell Products L.P. · US

Inventors

Corey Dean Hartman · Hutto, US
Brian T. Whitman · Seattle, US
Peter Heinrich · Oberhausen, DE
Russell Smith · Taylor, US
Scott Munroe Deane · La Center, US
Timothy Spencer · Battle Creek, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 21, 2010
Grant date	Jun 25, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 17, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49826
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A memory retention and support system includes a memory chassis. A board is mounted to the memory chassis. A memory connector is mounted to the board and includes a pair of guide members at opposite distal ends of the memory connector and a pair of opposing outer walls extending between the guide members. A connector reinforcing member engages the memory connector to urge the guide members toward each other and to urge the opposing outer walls toward each other. A damping member is operable to be positioned adjacent to and spaced apart from the memory connector in order to engage a memory module when the memory module is coupled to the memory connector. The connector reinforcing member and the damping member act to resist a discontinuities between a plurality of memory contacts on the memory module and a plurality of connector contacts on the memory connector.

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