International Business Machines Corporation

Katsutoshi Kato

Kazuo Fujii

Tetsuya Ohtani

Shigeki Mori

Thomas Wayne Studwell

It is to provide a sub-card board connector capable of secure grounding and also easy placement and removal of a card, a sub-card board, a modem sub-card, and a computer having this connector. In sub-card board connector,of the present invention, (1) first GND connections,-,-,are placed on a surface facing the sub-card board,of the latches,-,-,and when connecting the sub-card board to the connector, the sub-card board is grounded by having the first GND connections contact the first electrodes provided on the sub-card board; and/or (2) second GND connections,-,-,are placed facing the sub-card board on a surface opposite to the latches of the latch supporting parts,-,-,and when connecting the sub-card board to the connector, the sub-card board is grounded by having the second GND connections contact the second electrodes provided on the sub-card board. And this connector is incorporated in a computer.

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Tokyo-to, Japan

Katsutoshi Kato