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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2020
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/18 (2006.01); H01R 12/71 (2011.01); H01R 12/73 (2011.01); H01R 13/627 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/181 (2013.01); H01R 12/714 (2013.01); H01R 13/6273 (2013.01); H05K 7/20509 (2013.01); H01R 12/737 (2013.01); H01R 2201/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an example, a component caddy may include a bracket to receive a computing component; a ground portion disposed on a first end of the bracket to electrically engage with a ground pad; and a connector lock disposed on the ground portion. The connector lock may vertically attach the component caddy to a vertically-oriented connector disposed adjacent to the ground pad on a system board such that the computing component is operably engaged with the connector in a vertical orientation and electrically grounded to the ground pad through the ground portion on the bracket.