IP Library Granted Patent US 7,643,273
Granted Patent B2
US 7,643,273 · App. 11/594,241 · Granted Jan 5, 2010

Control device of connection studs of a computer

Assignee: Super Micro Computer, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 7,643,273
App. No.
11/594,241
Granted
Jan 5, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device of connection studs of a computer includes a plurality of hexagonal grooves which are punched at different distances on a base plate of a computer casing. The groove is provided with a through-hole, hexagonal heads of a set of studs are loosely fitted into the hexagonal grooves, and rods of the studs are loosely transfixed into the through-holes, in order to screw with a circuit board of different size, such that a number of studs to be actually used for screwing can be effectively controlled, and an interference from the unnecessary studs, the circuit board, or other parts can be prevented.

Claims (4)

1. A control device of connection studs of a computer, comprising:

a computer casing which is provided with a base plate and vertical side plates at peripheries, with a back surface of the base plate being punched into a plurality of hexagonal grooves at proper distances, and with a center of the hexagonal groove being provided with a through-hole; a plurality of studs which are provided with hexagonal heads and rods, with a center of the rod being provided with an inner screw-hole, the rod being loosely transfixed into the through-hole, and the head being loosely fitted into the hexagonal groove, such that the hexagonal heads are locked into the hexagonal grooves; a circuit board on which is provided with a plurality of connection holes; and a plurality of nuts which are provided with a pre-determined length, and a center of each of which is transfixed with a first inner screw-hole and a second inner screw-hole of different inner diameter, with the second inner screw-hole being screwed with an outer thread of the rod such that the heads of studs are locked and positioned into the hexagonal grooves, and with bolts being transfixed into the connection holes and then being screwed into the first inner screw-hole and the inner screw-hole of rod, such that the circuit board is fixed at end parts of the nuts.

2. The control device of connection studs of a computer according to claim 1 , wherein the number of hexagonal grooves and through-holes is more than that of the connection holes installed on the circuit board.

3. The control device of connection studs of a computer according to claim 1 , wherein the rods of studs are provided with a pre-determined height, their outer surfaces are not provided with a thread, and their centers are provided with the inner screw-hole; the bolts being transfixed into the connection holes of circuit board and being screwed into the inner screw-holes, the circuit board being fixed at the end parts of rods, and the hexagonal heads being locked into the hexagonal grooves.

Assignments (5)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2026
From: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 074447/0643 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2024
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS AGENT
To: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC.
Reel/Frame 069436/0469 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2018
From: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A, AS ADMINSTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 046029/0940 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2007
From: LIANG, CHIEN-FA
To: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC.
Reel/Frame 019071/0720 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2006
From: LIANG, CHIEN-FA
To: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC.
Reel/Frame 018531/0176 →
Continuity (1)
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