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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:
Jan. 06, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
David R. Davis, Sioux City, SD (US);
Paul Hooper, El Paso, TX (US);
Jorge A. Moriel, El Paso, TX (US);
John J. Daly, Irvine, CA (US);
Allan L. Klink, Sioux City, SD (US);
Dirk Cosner, Sioux City, SD (US);
Assignee:
Gateway, Inc., Poway, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/14 ; H05K 7/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/14 ; H05K 7/18 ;
Abstract
A card retention 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 includes a card retention assembly that engages the mounting bracket securing tab of an expansion card received in the chassis. In this manner, the card retention assembly at least partially restrains the tab for securing the expansion card in the chassis.