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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:
Dec. 29, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
John P Hoppal, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Arlen L Roesner, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439 61 ;
Abstract
A modular adapter assembly for installing circuit boards in a computer system. The adapter assembly, with an attached industry standard circuit board meeting ISA, EISA, or MicroChannel specifications, can be inserted into a computer system through an opening in the back of the computer. The adapter assembly permits insertion and removal of circuit boards without requiring removal of a major computer housing cover and without requiring removal of attached signal cables.