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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. 12, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2008
Applicants:
Raymond A. Mccormick, Round Rock, TX (US);
Andrew Frisch, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Raymond A. McCormick, Round Rock, TX (US);
Andrew Frisch, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A retention device for computer expansion cards, a system including the device, a method of manufacture of the device, and a method of using the device, where the retention device includes a retention clip configured to engage the bracket of the expansion card to reduce flex and rotation of an expansion card when the expansion card and the retention device are installed in an expansion card bay of a computer system, and wherein the retention clip is configured to contact the proximal end of the expansion card.