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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:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2000
Vernon D. Erickson, Dakota Dunes, SD (US);
David R. Davis, Sioux City, IA (US);
Thomas H. Carson, South Sioux City, NE (US);
Robert S. Williams, El Paso, TX (US);
Alejandro Puentes, El Paso, TX (US);
Gateway, Inc., Poway, CA (US);
Abstract
A card hold down assembly for retaining one or more expansion cards within the chassis of an electronic device such as a computer system, server, photocopier, facsimile machine, printer, or the like is described. The card hold down assembly is comprised of a retainer that engages the mounting bracket securing tab of an expansion card received in the chassis to at least partially restrain the tab for securing said expansion card in the chassis.
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