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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2007
Richard Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Alan Lee, Fremont, CA (US);
Richard Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Alan Lee, Fremont, CA (US);
Super Micro Computer, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A control device used for a computer motherboard on which a plurality of interface cards is inserted, is composed of an L-shape notch which is opened at a corner or a long strip of notch which is opened at a side edge, of a circuit motherboard positioned in an interior of a computer casing of height of 2U or 1U; a riser card, which is inserted vertically into a preset slot of the circuit motherboard; and an interface short card or an interface long card, which can be fitted into the L-shape notch or the long strip of notch, wherein conduction pins of the interface long, short cards can be inserted into a transversal slot of the riser card, and the interface short card or the interface long card approaches to a same horizontal level as the circuit motherboard, such that the riser card can be added with more slots for insertion of more interface long cards or interface short cards.