Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130280943 | SERVER SYSTEM AND NETWORK CABLE CONNECTING DEVICE THEREOF - A network cable connecting device configured to connect a network cable to a server includes a holder, a base, and a circuit board. The base includes a first surface and an opposite second surface. The latching portion protrudes from the first surface of the base. The securing portion is formed on the second surface of the base and secured to the server. The circuit board is received in the latching portion and electrically connected to the server. The circuit board includes a network port for connecting the network cable. | 10-24-2013 |
20130329383 | MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR CIRCUIT BOARD - A mounting apparatus includes a chassis, two mounting members, and two screws. The chassis includes a sidewall defining two spaced holes. The mounting members are fixed to a front end of a circuit board. A fixing hole parallel to the circuit board is defined in a front end of each mounting member. The screws extend through the holes of the sidewall and engage in the fixing holes of the mounting members, to perpendicularly fix the circuit board to the sidewall. | 12-12-2013 |
20130329387 | CIRCUIT BOARD MOUNTING APPARATUS - A circuit board mounting apparatus includes a circuit board, a chassis, and two mounting members. Two slots are defined in a front side of the circuit board. The chassis includes a side plate. The mounting members are fixed to the side plate and respectively connected to the slots of the circuit board. Each of the mounting members includes a hook locked to the circuit board, to perpendicularly fix the circuit board to the side plate. | 12-12-2013 |
20130342984 | ELECTRONIC MODULE WITH CONNECTOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME - An electronic module includes a shell, a circuit board, and a connector. The shell defines a receiving slot. The circuit board includes a main body and an extension body connected to the main body. The main body of the circuit board is received in the shell, and the extension body of the circuit board extends out of the shell via the receiving slot. | 12-26-2013 |
20130342991 | SERVER RACK - A server rack includes a rack, a first electronic device, a second electronic device, and an air block plate. The first electronic device is mounted in the front of the rack and arranged close to a left side of the rack. An opening is defined between the first electronic device and a right side of the rack. The second electronic device is mounted in the rear of the rack and arranged on a same level with the first electronic device. The air block plate is slantingly connected between the first electronic device and the second electronic device. A first end of the air block plate is connected to a right end of the first electronic device, and a second end of the air block plate opposite to the first end is connected to a left end of the second electronic device. | 12-26-2013 |
20140003020 | CIRCUIT BOARD MOUNTING APPARATUS | 01-02-2014 |
20140080326 | CONNECTOR - A connector for receiving an expansion card includes a base and a number of metal pins. A top of the base defines a slot. The slot extends through an end of the base. The metal pins are mounted inside the slot. Each metal pin extends through a bottom of the base to be electronically connected to corresponding traces on a motherboard. | 03-20-2014 |
20140081590 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING TEST ITEMS OF AN OBJECT - In a method for an electronic device to manage test items of an object, a testing procedure is performed on the test items of the object. When the testing procedure on a test item is finished, the method records test states of the finished test item in a state list. The method further obtains a test result of the finished test item by comparing the state list with a standard list stored in a storage system of the electronic device. When the test state of the finished test item is indicated to be abnormal, the method marks the finished test item with a time index in the state list and displays a failure message and a name of the finished test item with the time index on a display screen of the electronic device. | 03-20-2014 |
20140106604 | AIRFLOW GUIDE MEMBER AND CARD SOCKET ASSEMBLY WITH AIRFLOW GUIDE MEMBER - A card socket assembly includes a card socket and a non-conductive airflow guide member. The card socket includes a main body defining a slot, and two latches rotatably connected to opposite ends of the main body. The airflow guide member includes a main plate and an airflow guide plate. A bottom of the main plate is inserted into the slot of the card socket. Two notches are defined in a first end and a second end of the main plate opposite to the first end, to receive the latches. The airflow guide plate is formed on the first end of the main plate, and includes an airflow guide portion slanted relative to the main plate, to guide airflow away from the card socket. | 04-17-2014 |
20140120776 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE EMPLOYING THE SAME - An electronic device includes a power supply device supplying power for an electronic element. The power supply device includes a shell defining a receiving space. A first circuit board includes a main body received in the receiving space and a connection portion extending from the main body. A first sub-connector includes a number of first connection pins arranged on the connection portion and a number of second connections pins arranged on an opposite side of the connection portion. A connector is arranged between the second connection pins and an electronic element. The connector transmits power to the electronic element. | 05-01-2014 |
20140127011 | MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR FANS - A mounting apparatus includes a bracket, two shafts, and a number of shield plates. The bracket includes a fixing plate defining a number of horizontally arranged vents, for mounting a number of fans to a rear side of the fixing plate, with each vent aligning with one of the fans. The shafts are respectively and horizontally mounted to a top and a middle of a front side of the bracket. Each shield plate includes a main plate and a substantially C-shaped pivot portion formed on a top of the main plate. The pivot portions of the shield plates are rotatably placed around the shafts. The shield plates hang vertically under the corresponding shafts by gravity. Each of the vents is covered by two vertically aligned shield plates upon a condition that the gravity of the two shield plates is not overcome by airflow through the vents. | 05-08-2014 |
20140134872 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A connector assembly includes a connector and an auxiliary device. The connector includes a connection portion, and a cable connected to a rear end of the connection portion. A latch extends up and back from a front end of the connection portion. The auxiliary device includes a fastening member fastened to the connector, and a resilient tab extending up and forward from the fastening member. A front end of the resilient tab is located above the latch. | 05-15-2014 |
20140140024 | CIRCUIT BOARD MOUNTING APPARATUS - A circuit board mounting apparatus includes a circuit board, a chassis, a first mounting member, a second mounting member, and a fastener. The chassis includes a side plate defining a through hole, a first hole, and a second hole communicating with the first hole. Each of the first and second mounting members includes two latching legs detachably mounted to a front end of the circuit board. A neck protrudes from a front end of the first mounting member, and a head is formed on a front end of the neck. The neck extends through the first hole and engages in the second hole. The head abuts a front side of the side plate. A fixing hole is defined in a front end of the second mounting member. The fastener extends through the through hole and engages in the fixing hole, to mount the circuit board to the side plate. | 05-22-2014 |
20140140025 | SERVER BACKPLANE - A backplane includes a main body with a top side, a bottom side, and two ends connected between the top and bottom sides. A first connector is arranged on a first surface of the main body, and a number of second connectors are arranged on a second surface of the main body opposite to the first surface. A first edge connector is attached on one of the ends the main body, and a first socket is attached on the other end of the main body. The second connectors are coupled to a number of hard disk drives. The first socket is electrically coupled to the first edge connector and the second connectors. | 05-22-2014 |
20140146502 | CIRCUIT BOARD MOUNTING APPARATUS - A circuit board mounting apparatus includes a chassis, a circuit board defining two recesses in a front side, two fixing members engaged in the recesses, and two fasteners. The chassis includes a side plate defining two through holes. Each recess is bounded by two sidewalls. A latching slot is defined in each sidewall. A fixing hole is defined in a front side of each fixing member. Two resilient arms are formed at opposite sides of each fixing member, and slantingly extend into the corresponding fixing hole. A projection protrudes from an outer surface of each resilient arm. The fasteners extend through the through holes of the side plate and engage in the fixing holes of the fixing members. The resilient arms are deformed outward by the fasteners, to allow the projections to engage in the corresponding latching slots. Therefore, the circuit board is perpendicularly fixed to the side plate. | 05-29-2014 |
20140147313 | FAN DEVICE - A fan device includes a board defining an opening, a fan assembly, and a fastener. Two installation pieces extend from the board at opposite sides of the opening, one of which defines a first through hole. The fan assembly is pivotably mounted between the installation pieces, and includes a fan and a frame receiving the fan. The frame includes a top wall, a bottom wall, and two sidewalls. One of the sidewalls adjacent to the installation piece defining the first through hole defines a first threaded hole. When the fan assembly is pivoted to allow the first through hole to align with the first threaded hole, the fastener extends through the first through hole and then is engaged in the first threaded hole, to make the fan assembly slant relative to the board. | 05-29-2014 |
20140153202 | CIRCUIT BOARD MOUNTING APPARATUS - A circuit board mounting apparatus includes a side plate, a circuit board, and a mounting member. The side plate defines a slide slot and a latching hole. A latch protrudes forward from the circuit board, and includes a neck and a latching portion extending leftward from a front end of the neck. The mounting member is mounted to the circuit board, and includes a resilient arm and a hook protruding forward from the resilient arm. The latch extends through the slide slot to allow the neck to abut against a portion of the side plate bounding a left end of the slide slot, and to allow the latching portion to engage with a front side of the side plate. The resilient arm biases the hook to engage in the latching hole and abut against a portion of the side plate bounding a right end of the latching hole. | 06-05-2014 |
20140153207 | CIRCUIT BOARD MOUNTING APPARATUS - A circuit board mounting apparatus includes a chassis and a circuit board. The chassis includes a side plate defining a slide slot and a latching hole. A latch protrudes forward from the circuit board, and includes a neck and a latching portion extending left from a front end of the neck. A cutout is defined in a front side of the circuit board. A cantilever extends into the cutout. A hook protrudes forward from the cantilever. The latch extends through the slide slot to allow the neck to abut against a portion of the side plate bounding a left end of the slide slot, and to allow the latching portion to engage with a front side of the side plate. The cantilever resists the hook to engage in the latching hole and abut against a portion of the side plate bounding a right end of the latching hole. | 06-05-2014 |
20140157589 | CIRCUIT BOARD MOUNTING APPARATUS - A circuit board mounting apparatus includes a circuit board, a first mounting member, a second mounting member, and a third mounting member. The first and second mounting members are mounted to a front side of the circuit board. The third mounting member is mounted to a rear side of the circuit board. The circuit board is capable of being mounted to a first side plate of a first chassis in a perpendicular manner by the first and second mounting members, or is capable of being mounted to a second side plate of a second chassis in a parallel manner by the first, second, and third mounting members. | 06-12-2014 |
20140168918 | FASTENING DEVICE FOR CIRCUIT BOARD - A fastening device for a circuit board includes a chassis, two mounting members, and two fasteners. The chassis includes a side plate. The side plate defines two through holes. The mounting members are welded to the circuit board. Each mounting member defines a locking hole. The fasteners extend through the through holes and engage in the locking holes, thereby fastening the circuit board to the side plate. The side plate is perpendicular to the circuit board. | 06-19-2014 |
20140183328 | MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR FAN - A mounting apparatus includes a fixing board defining a vent, two fixing members, and first and second plates. Two through holes are defined in an upper portion of the fixing board at opposite sides of the vent. Upper portions of the fixing members extend through the through holes and engage in upper portions of a fan. Opposite ends of a top of the first plate are pivotably connected to upper portions of the fixing members, and opposite ends of a top of the second plate are pivotably connected to lower portions of the fixing members. The first and second plates are maintained to be parallel to the fixing board by gravitational force, to cover the vent. When the fan blows air towards the first and second plates, the first and second plates are capable of rotating away from the fan to be angled from the fixing board. | 07-03-2014 |
20140185246 | SERVER CABINET - A server cabinet includes a rack, a server, a switch, and a first supporting member. The rack includes two columns located at a front end of the rack. The server is installed between the columns. The switch is installed in the rack above the server. Opposite ends of a front side of the switch are fastened to the columns of the rack. The first supporting member includes a connecting plate mounted to a rear side of the switch, and a supporting plate extending out from an end of the connecting plate and located below the switch. A raised portion protrudes down from the supporting plate. The raised portion is supported on the server. | 07-03-2014 |
20140199860 | CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT SOCKET ASSEMBLY - A central processing unit socket assembly includes a socket mounted on a circuit board, a locking apparatus, and a cover. The cover includes a main plate, a resilient first locking portion formed on a first end of a first surface of the main plate, a second locking portion formed on a second end of the first surface of the main plate opposite to the first locking portion, and a number of connecting pins protruding out from a second surface of the main plate opposite to the first surface of the main plate. The first and second locking portion of the first surface of the cover can be detachably latched to the socket. The connecting pins can be connected on the locking apparatus. | 07-17-2014 |
20140317885 | MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR DATA STORAGE DEVICE - A mounting apparatus for mounting a data storage device includes an enclosure and two mounting members fixed to a bottom of the data storage device. The enclosure includes a bottom wall, a first slide rail and a second slide rail raised on the bottom wall, and two posts extending on the bottom wall. The first slide rail defines a locking slot. The mounting members each comprise a locking plate and a resilient locking portion. The locking plate defines an access portion and a locking hole communicating with the inletting portion. One of the mounting members forms a wedge portion. The data storage device is supported on the first slide rail and the second slide rail. The posts are inserted in the access portions. The data storage device is moved to make the head portions be blocked by the locking plate. The wedge portion is locked in the locking slot. | 10-30-2014 |
20140319312 | MOUNTING DEVICE FOR HARD DISK DRIVE - A mounting device for mounting a hard disk drive (HDD), includes a number of retaining members each including a neck portion and a head portion, an elastic latching member including a stop portion, and a number of vibration attenuation members fixed on a bottom wall of the HDD. Each vibration attenuation member includes a top portion, a bottom portion defining a mounting hole, and two elastic portions. The mounting hole defines a first hole and a second hole smaller in width than the first hole and communicating with the first hole. The retaining members are inserted into the first holes of the corresponding mounting holes, the HDD is moved until the neck portions of the retaining members engage in the second holes of the plurality of vibration attenuation members. The stop portion abuts against an end wall of the HDD. | 10-30-2014 |
20140321081 | CIRCUIT BOARD MOUNTING APPARATUS - A circuit board mounting apparatus includes a circuit board, a chassis, two mounting members, and two fasteners. A front side of the circuit board defines two positioning holes. The chassis includes a side plate defining two through holes. Two opposite ends of each mounting member define a latching slot and a mounting hole. A resilient arm extends toward the latching slot from each mounting member. The front side of the circuit board is inserted into the latching slots of the mounting members, and the resilient arms are engaged in the corresponding positioning holes of the circuit board. The fasteners extend through the through holes of the side plate, to be fastened into the mounting holes of the mounting members, to perpendicularly mount the circuit board to the side plate. | 10-30-2014 |
20140334926 | MOUNTING DEVICE FOR FAN - A mounting device for fixing fans comprises a bottom plate and a top plate. The fans are set between the bottom plate and the top plate. The bottom plate forms a number of rods. The fan comprises two opposite boards. A number of fixing assemblies are arranged on the boards. Each fixing assembly defines a number of fixing holes for receiving corresponding rods. A number of springs are arranged between the bottom plate and the fixing assemblies. | 11-13-2014 |
20150022959 | SERVER AND INDICATING TAG OF THE SAME - A server includes a main body and a plurality of indicating tags. The main body includes a plurality of electronic elements. A separating plate is located between each two adjacent electronic elements. The main body defines a plurality of engaging holes corresponding to the electronic elements. A gap is defined between the separating plate and the main body. The indicating tag includes a label plate and a mounting plate. One end of the mounting plate defines a through hole. The other end of the mounting plate forms an engaging portion. The engaging portion engages in the gap. The indicating tags can be fixed to the main body with screws extending through the through holes to engage in the engaging holes. | 01-22-2015 |