Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP

Bryan David Bolich

Stephan Karl Barsun

S Daniel Cromwell

Gregory S Meyer

Richard A Miner

Christopher Gregory Malone

Michael Leslie Wortman

Glenn Cochran Simon

Kenneth G Robertson

Michael Alan Brooks

Bradley Blackwood

Kevin Edward Boyum

Alisa C Sandoval

Victoria Tsang Tam

Matthew Daniel Neumann

Matt Neumann

Renato Ravanello

Kong Wai Ki

Daniel Ong Kwang Keen

Gwynn M Masada

Kin Shing Tam

Robert S Jetter

Guy William Gladden

Shahane Dhananjay

Kok Mam Lay

Shadi F Sakkab

Amos Ho Chee Hoong

A disabling device includes an adhesive layer and/or a self-hardening material. The adhesive layer or self-hardening material contacts electrical contacts of an electrical interface.

Disabling device including adhesive to disable an electrical interface

Various apparatus and methods relating to a sequencer for connecting an electronic device to a circuit board are disclosed.

Sequencer

A computing device includes a baseboard, a memory coupled to the baseboard, an input/output coupled to the baseboard and a processor system coupled to the baseboard. The processor system includes a circuit board, a central electronic control coupled to the circuit board and a processor component. The device further includes a first structure coupling the processor component to the circuit board and retaining the processor component relative to the circuit board at a selected one of a plurality of positions in both directions along an axis perpendicular to the circuit board. The first structure is movably coupled to one of the processor component and the circuit board for movement in a direction perpendicular to the first axis at least prior to being coupled to the other of the processor component and the circuit board.

Computing device

An electronic device includes a panel having a display screen that moves along a first axis and pivots about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis.

Electronic device display panel

A socket activation assembly is configured to close over a component and drive a gear during closure that activates a socket to engage the component.

Gear driven socket activation mechanism

Various apparatus and methods are disclosed wherein a wedge member and a support engage one another to lock a first structure and a second structure to one another along an axis.

Wedge lock

A circuit board assembly includes a circuit board, an electronic component and a structure coupling the electronic component to the circuit board. The structure retains the electronic component relative to the circuit board at a selected one of a plurality of positions in both directions along an axis perpendicular to the circuit board. The structure is movably coupled to one of the electronic component and the circuit board in a direction perpendicular to the axis at least prior to being coupled to the other of the electronic component and the circuit board.

Circuit board assembly

A cooling apparatus comprises a printed circuit board and an air duct positioned adjacent the printed circuit board spanning space and forming an air-guiding channel from at least one system fan to at least one heat sink. The air-guiding channel is bounded on one side by the printed circuit board and on remaining sides by the air duct that compresses against the printed circuit board in a substantially airtight seal.

Air duct with airtight seal

In electronic and/or electrical equipment, a cable management assembly is configured for usage in an electronic and/or electrical equipment rack assembly. The cable management assembly comprises at least two arm members, at least one flexible coupling configured to attach two of the at least two arm members, and connectors configured to flexibly attach an electronic and/or electrical equipment component to an electronic and/or electrical equipment rack. The at least two arm members, the at least one flexible coupling, and the connectors are constructed from a material that removes heat from interior to the rack and is connected in a configuration that draws the removed heat to a heat sink element.

Cable management arm with integrated heat exchanger

A bracing apparatus is disclosed that has a component located within an opening in a cantilevered end of a heatsink. The component has a form factor that is expandable for stabilizing the heatsink at a given elevation relative to a printed circuit board. The bracing apparatus includes a tensioning device located within an opening in the component. When deployed, the tensioning device causes the component to expand. Also included in the bracing apparatus is a coupling medium for coupling the component to the printed circuit board.

Expandable bracing apparatus and method

A plurality of heat sinks in one example is coupled to a support structure. The support structure has a plurality of independent spring force elements that respectively contact the plurality of heat sinks such that each heat sink of the plurality of heat sinks is moveable within the support structure relative to the other heat sinks of the plurality of heat sinks. The support structure is coupled to a substrate having a plurality of components, each of the components having an upper surface, at least two of the upper surfaces being non-coplanar. The non-coplanar upper surfaces of the components are respectively coupled to the plurality of heat sinks by respective thermal interfaces.

Method and apparatus for attaching multiple heat sinks to multiple non-coplanar components

An apparatus in one example comprises a plurality of levers that convert a lesser input force to a greater output force for support of a heatsink component coupled with an electronic component.

Levers for support of heatsink component

A computer system includes a chassis and a motherboard support system including a motherboard carrying at least one daughter card and slidably supported within the chassis. In one embodiment, the motherboard has a first connector and the system further includes a printed circuit board having a second connector, wherein the motherboard support system slides between a first position in which the connectors are connected and a second position in which the connectors are disconnected. In another embodiment, the system includes a component mounted to the chassis, wherein the motherboard support system is slidably supported within a plane between the component and the chassis. In one embodiment, an actuator is provided to slide the motherboard support system.

Computer system with slidable motherboard

A circuit board assembly includes a circuit board, an electronic component, a plurality of incremental detents and at least one projection. The plurality of incremental detents are coupled to one of the circuit board and the electronic component and are retained relative to said one of the circuit board and the electronic component against linear movement in both directions along a first axis. The at least one projection is coupled to the other of the circuit board and the electronic component and is retained against linear movement along the first axis. The at least one projection is received within at least one of the plurality of detents to retain the electronic component relative to the circuit board against linear movement in both directions along the axis.

A computing system includes a circuit board, a first connector portion electrically connected to the circuit board, an electronic component and a plurality of resilient support members. The electronic component includes a first electronic device, a second connector portion electrically coupled to the electronic device and connected to the first connector portion along an axis. The plurality of resilient support members are asymmetrically located about the axis and extend between the device and the circuit board.

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Davis, CA, United States of America

Bryan David Bolich