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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2008
Dennis F. Cole, Cary, NC (US);
Thomas D. Pahel, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);
Challis L. Purrington, Raleigh, NC (US);
Sean P. Ryan, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Jack P. Wong, Apex, NC (US);
Dennis F. Cole, Cary, NC (US);
Thomas D. Pahel, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);
Challis L. Purrington, Raleigh, NC (US);
Sean P. Ryan, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Jack P. Wong, Apex, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Flexible paddle cards for installation on a motherboard of a computing system are disclosed that are oriented parallel with the motherboard when installed in the computing system and include: a printed circuit board; and three card connectors that correspond to three motherboard connectors mounted on the motherboard, two of the card connectors mounted on a first rigid region of the printed circuit board, the remaining third card connector mounted on a second rigid region of the printed circuit board, and the first rigid region and the second rigid region separated by a flexible region of the printed circuit board, the flexible region having a width that allows the printed circuit board to flex when the card connectors mate with the motherboard connectors.