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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1999
George H. Daskalakis, Forest Grove, OR (US);
Brian A. Scott, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A circuit card retention mechanism having a base which is mounted around an electrical connecter of a mother board and has various embodiments of an extension piece for securing a circuit card to the electrical connecter of the mother board is presented. The base of the retention mechanism has a number of pointed bites which incline inwardly from the base and, working in opposition to one another, securely fasten the base to the electrical connecter of the mother board. A tie-wrap may be attached to the base and connected by a circuit card hook or a circuit card holder to the circuit card. Alternatively, a retainer clip with a snap lock which snaps onto the circuit card may be utilized.