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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2024
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development Lp, Spring, TX (US);
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
Mounting system for PCBs includes a cylindrical standoff and a fastener. The cylindrical standoff has a first end coupled to a support and a second end having a fastener hole, and multi-tiered shoulders formed between the first and second ends to interchangeably receive and mount respectively compatible PCBs to the support. Each shoulder includes an upward facing mounting face, where respective mounting faces have different heights and outer radii relative to one another such that the shoulders are respectively compatible with different PCBs having different PCB thicknesses and mounting hole diameters. In a mounted state of a given PCB having top and bottom faces, on the shoulder: the mounting face of one shoulder compatible with the given PCB engages with the bottom face, and the fastener extends through the mounting hole and into the fastener hole and engages the top face to releasably attach the given PCB to the support.