IP Library Granted Patent US 9,722,337
Granted Patent B2
US 9,722,337 · App. 14/655,072 · Granted Aug 1, 2017

Assembly for a computer system and angle plug

Inventor: Michael Kartheininger (Augsburg, DE)
Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
H01R12/7088G06F1/188H01R12/724H05K7/1488H05K7/1492
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Patent No.
US 9,722,337
App. No.
14/655,072
Granted
Aug 1, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An assembly for a computer system includes an insert housing with a housing floor; a power supply unit arranged on the housing floor and having a plug contact; a main circuit board arranged within the insert housing substantially parallel to the housing floor; and an angle plug having a mating plug contact and a connection region for connection of the power supply unit to the main circuit board, wherein the angle plug, when connected to the main circuit board via the connection region, connects to a top face of the main circuit board at a first installation height of the main circuit board and connects to a bottom face of the main circuit board at a second installation height of the main circuit board so that height compensation with respect to the plug contact of the power supply unit is established in each case.

Claims (20)

1. An assembly for a computer system comprising:

an insert housing with a housing floor;

a power supply unit arranged on the housing floor and having a plug contact;

a main circuit board arranged within the insert housing substantially parallel to the housing floor, the main circuit board comprises a top face and a bottom face; and

an angle plug having a mating plug contact for receiving the plug contact of the power supply unit and a connection region for connection of the power supply unit to the main circuit board,

wherein the power supply unit is plug-connected directly to the main circuit board by means of the angle in a first installation height or a second installation height of the main circuit board;

wherein the first installation height is a first distance in the normal direction of a plane of extent of the main circuit board from the housing floor and the second installation height is a second distance in the normal direction of the plane of extent of the main circuit board from the housing floor;

wherein the angle plug is configured to be, when connected to the main circuit board via the connection region, connected with the connection region to the top face of the main circuit board at the first installation height of the main circuit board when in a first orientation of the angle plug,

wherein the angle plug is configured to be, when connected to the main circuit board via the connection region, connected to the bottom face of the main circuit board at the second installation height of the main circuit board when in a second orientation of the angle such that the angle is directly connected to the main circuit board and so that a different height compensation with respect to the plug contact of the power supply unit is established in each case, and

wherein, in the second orientation, the angle is rotated 180° compared to the first orientation.

2. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the main circuit board has, for connection of the angle plug, a contact region comprising metallized openings such that the connection region of the angle plug can electrically contact said contact region at the top face and at the bottom face of the main circuit board.

3. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the connection region of the angle plug has, for connection to the main circuit board, press-in contacts or press-fit contacts.

4. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the mating plug contact of the angle plug has, to receive the plug contact of the power supply unit, spring contacts or a spring contact strip.

5. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the plug contact of the power supply unit has at least one contact tongue or a gold contact tongue.

6. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the angle plug is mirror-symmetrical.

7. An angle plug for use in the assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the angle plug establishes height compensation between the plug contact of the power supply unit and the main circuit board in an installed state within a computer system.

8. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the plug contact of the power supply unit is at a constant distance from the housing floor of the insert housing.

9. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the angle plug has an offset between the connection region and the mating plug contact, said angle plug compensating for an offset between the main circuit board and the plug contact of the power supply unit by way of said offset.

10. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the plug contact of the power supply unit is at a constant distance from the housing floor of the insert housing, and wherein the power supply unit can be directly connected to the main circuit board via the angle plug independently from the installation height of the main circuit board.

11. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the angle plug compensates for an offset between a first center plane of the main circuit board and a second center plane of the plug contact of the power supply unit in such a way that the plug contact of the power supply unit can be received in the mating plug contact of the angle plug independently of the first installation height or the second installation height of the main circuit board.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Feb 23, 2017
From: FUJITSU TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 041353/0914 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2015
From: KARTHEININGER, MICHAEL
To: FUJITSU TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
Reel/Frame 036154/0969 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2013 108 363 · Aug 2, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160211596A1 · Jul 21, 2016