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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1999
Michael V. Leman, Eagle, ID (US);
Gregory P. Johnson, Boise, ID (US);
William M. Cresse, Daytona, FL (US);
Jacques Gagne, Los Altos, CA (US);
Philip Hartley, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ray Gradwohl, Saratoga, CA (US);
Micron PC, LLC, Nampa, ID (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides for an apparatus and method for retaining a circuit board in a computer system. Some embodiments include single or multiple panels hinged to a chassis of the computer that are used as retaining structures. In operation, the retaining structures may be hinged down onto a circuit board cap that is in turn coupled to a central processing unit package that includes a circuit board. In this manner, the central processing unit or another component including a circuit board may be retained in a computer system.