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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1999
Michael V. Leman, Eagle, ID (US);
Craig L. Boe, Nampa, ID (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 to retain circuit boards such as expansion boards. The panel, or portions of the panel, may contact a circuit board through a card retaining member that may be slidable relative to the panel. In some embodiments the card retaining member will only slide toward an expansion card when controls for the member are so arranged by an operator. Expansion cards may be released from retention by movement of the panel away from the expansion cards, and in some cases by movement of the card retaining members away from the expansion cards.