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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2005
James P. Koughan, Liberty Hill, TX (US);
Jason B. Habingreither, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Darryl D. Daniel, Austin, TX (US);
Michel G. Haddad, Beirut, LB;
James P. Koughan, Liberty Hill, TX (US);
Jason B. Habingreither, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Darryl D. Daniel, Austin, TX (US);
Michel G. Haddad, Beirut, LB;
National Instruments Corporation, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, a mechanical adapter may be used to couple a first circuit board (e.g., a motherboard) to a second circuit board (e.g., a daughtercard) in a module. The mechanical adapter may have a mounting portion and a configurable portion. In some embodiments, the mounting portion may be similar for multiple configurations of the mechanical adapter. In various embodiments, the motherboard may be similar for different modules. For example, the mechanical adapter may be configured to mount a specific type of daughtercard in the configurable portion, while the mounting portion may be similar to mounting portions on other mechanical adapters with different configurations for different daughtercards (e.g., the motherboard may be similar for each of the different configurations). Therefore, in various embodiments, a common mounting portion may mate to a common motherboard configuration for different products each configured to mount a different daughtercard.