US 11,789,877 B2
Removable memory module coupling
Arnold Thomas Schnell, Hutto, TX (US); and Randall E. Juenger, Georgetown, TX (US)
Assigned to Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/458,895.
Prior Publication US 2023/0066462 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 13/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 13/16 (2013.01) [G06F 2213/40 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A removeable coupling for connecting a memory module to a host processor of an IHS (Information Handling System), the coupling comprising:
a plurality of electrical contacts;
a plurality of fasteners for positioning the electrical contacts of the coupling within a memory slot of a motherboard of the IHS; and
a housing that extends between two ends of the coupling and that receives the memory module when the memory module is installed in the IHS, wherein the positioned electrical contacts are seated within the memory slot of the motherboard by a force applied in installing the memory module, and wherein the force applied in installing the memory module connects the electrical contacts of the coupling to a memory channel of the motherboard, wherein the coupling is not attached to the motherboard when the memory module is not installed in the IHS, and wherein the housing of the coupling is manufactured in a prestressed state such that the electrical contacts of the coupling are in a convex arrangement when the coupling is not attached to the motherboard.