Card stabilizer bracket
View Patent ↗A product, according to one embodiment, includes a support portion, the support portion being elongated in a first direction; and an insertion portion extending from the support portion in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the insertion portion having dimensions allowing insertion of the insertion portion in a card connector of a circuit board. At least an exterior of the insertion portion is electrically insulating. The support portion is wider than the insertion portion in a third direction orthogonal to each of the first and second directions.
1. A product, comprising:
a support portion, the support portion being elongated in a first direction,
wherein the support portion has a narrow portion for allowing separation of the support portion into discrete sections,
wherein sidewalls of the support portion adjacent the narrow portion taper together toward the narrow portion, wherein the sidewalls adjacent the narrow portion are configured to engage one another upon bending of the support portion at the narrow portion thereby inducing a stress separation at the narrow portion; and
an insertion portion extending from the support portion in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the insertion portion having dimensions allowing insertion of the insertion portion in a card connector of a circuit board,
wherein at least an exterior of the insertion portion is electrically insulating, and
wherein the support portion is wider than the insertion portion in a third direction orthogonal to each of the first and second directions.
2. The product of claim 1 , wherein the support portion has multiple narrow portions for allowing separation of the support portion into at least three discrete sections.
3. The product of claim 2 , wherein lengths of the support portion between the narrow portions are different, wherein a longer one of the lengths is about an integer multiple of a shorter of the lengths, the integer being greater than 1.
4. The product of claim 1 , wherein the support portion and the insertion portion are a unitary construction, wherein the support portion is electrically insulating.
5. The product of claim 1 , wherein the support portion is at least twice as wide as the insertion portion in the third direction.
6. The product of claim 1 , wherein the support portion includes wings extending along the second direction, thereby defining a slot for receiving an edge of a card therein.
7. The product of claim 1 , wherein the card connector is a peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) connector.
8. A system, comprising:
the circuit board having the card connector; and
the insertion portion of the product of claim 1 inserted in a slot of the card connector, the insertion portion extending only along a portion of the slot.
9. The system of claim 8 , comprising a card inserted in the slot of the card connector, the card resting on the support portion.
10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the card connector is a PCIe connector.
11. The system of claim 8 , wherein an end of the product has physical characteristics of a section thereof having been removed.
12. A method, comprising:
breaking the product of claim 1 into discrete sections;
inserting one of the sections in the card connector of the circuit board; and
inserting a card in the card connector of the circuit board.
13. A product, comprising:
a support portion, the support portion being elongated in a first direction; and
an insertion portion extending from the support portion in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the insertion portion having dimensions allowing insertion of the insertion portion in a card connector of a circuit board,
wherein at least an exterior of the insertion portion is electrically insulating,
wherein the support portion is wider than the insertion portion in a third direction orthogonal to each of the first and second directions,
wherein the support portion has at least one narrow portion for allowing separation of the support portion into discrete sections, and
wherein sidewalls of the support portion adjacent the narrow portion taper together toward the narrow portion, wherein the sidewalls adjacent the narrow portion are configured to engage one another upon bending of the support portion at the narrow portion thereby inducing a stress separation at the narrow portion.
14. The product of claim 13 , wherein the support portion has multiple narrow portions for allowing separation of the support portion into at least three discrete sections.
15. The product of claim 14 , wherein lengths of the support portion between the narrow portions are different, wherein longer of the lengths are about integer multiples of a shortest of the lengths, the integer being greater than 1.
16. The product of claim 13 , wherein the support portion is at least twice as wide as the insertion portion in the third direction.
17. The product of claim 13 , wherein the support portion includes wings extending along the second direction, thereby defining a slot for receiving an edge of a card therein, wherein an entire exterior of the insertion portion is electrically insulating.