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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2009
Applicants:
Ralph W. Conway, Saratoga, CA (US);
Samuel Chau, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ralph W. Conway, Saratoga, CA (US);
Samuel Chau, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/04 (2006.01); H05K 5/06 (2006.01); H05K 1/14 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 1/142 (2013.01); G06F 13/409 (2013.01); H05K 2201/044 (2013.01); H05K 2201/09145 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10189 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49126 (2015.01);
Abstract
A motherboard has a cut-away so that it deviates from its rectangular outline. The motherboard has a connector disposed along one side for physically and electrically connecting the motherboard to a motherboard extender. A method includes physically and electrically connecting a motherboard extender to a motherboard so that a tab of said motherboard extender and an overlapping expansion-card connector extend into the cut-away.