Expansion board apparatus and removing method
View Patent ↗In part, and in addition to apparatus and methods presented, an expansion board to be connected/disconnected to/from its mother board easily is provided. A face of a CDC (Communication Daughter Card), which is an expansion board to be connected to the mother board of a computer system is covered by an insulating sheet. In the CDC, an edge of one end of this insulating sheet is extended so as to form a projection. A user can take this projection with fingers, thereby carrying and connecting/disconnecting the CDC to/from the mother board easily.
1. A computer system comprising: a motherboard having a circuit side, a central processing unit (CPU), an accepting device for removably receiving an expansion board,
an expansion board operatively connectable to said motherboard having a front face, a back face, wherein said front face is opposite that of said back face, an insulating adhesive film of a predetermined form wound and adhered around a primary area of said expansion board forming an integral protruding lip having a fixed end and a free end, wherein said integral protruding lip creating a board holding device suitable to assist in positioning said expansion board to remove or insert said expansion board with said accepting device, a connector operatively and fixedly connected with a posterior area for connection to a communication interface, and
a connector operatively connected with said back face to connect with said circuit side of said motherboard.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein said board holding device is an integrated grip assist useable to removably position said expansion board into a predetermined position with respect to said motherboard.
3. The system of claim 2 , wherein said fixed end is fixedly located on said expansion at a predetermined location off center of a centerpoint of said expansion board.
4. The system of claim 3 , further comprising an external connection port for connecting said expansion board to an external connection circuit.
5. The system of claim 4 , wherein said external connection circuit is an external network.
6. The system of claim 4 , wherein said external connection circuit is an internet connection.
7. The system of claim 4 , wherein said external connection circuit includes a communication channel used to communicate with an external network such as: a modem channel, a LAN channel or a wireless LAN channel.
8. The system of claim 3 , wherein said external connection port is an RJ-45 connector.
9. The system of claim 3 , wherein said integrated grip assist is at least 7 mm in length.