US 12,284,778 B2
Expansion card positioning mechanism and server
Siyuan Chang, Shanghai (CN); and Gui-Jiao Zhang, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Shanghai (CN); and INVENTEC CORPORATION, Taipei (TW)
Filed by INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Shanghai (CN); and INVENTEC CORPORATION, Taipei (TW)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/128,171.
Claims priority of application No. 202310209813.0 (CN), filed on Mar. 6, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0306338 A1, Sep. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. H05K 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/1489 (2013.01) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An expansion card positioning mechanism, configured to be disposed on a plate member, comprising:
a movable member, comprising a base portion and a first teeth portion, wherein the base portion is configured to be slidably disposed on the plate member, and the first teeth portion is disposed on the base portion; and
a positioning member, comprising a plate portion, a positioning recess portion and a second teeth portion, wherein the plate portion is rotatably disposed on a side of the base portion, the positioning recess portion and the second teeth portion are disposed on the plate portion, and the second teeth portion meshes with the first teeth portion, so that the base portion forces the plate portion to rotate relative to the base portion via the first teeth portion and the second teeth portion meshing with each other.
 
6. A server, comprising:
a casing;
a motherboard, disposed in the casing and having a slot;
an expansion card, plugged into the slot, wherein one side of the expansion card is mounted on the casing; and
an expansion card positioning mechanism, comprising:
a movable member, comprising a base portion and a first teeth portion, wherein the base portion is slidably disposed on the casing, and the first teeth portion is disposed on the base portion; and
a positioning member, comprising a plate portion, a positioning recess portion and a second teeth portion, wherein the plate portion is pivotally disposed at the casing and rotatably disposed on a side of the base portion, the positioning recess portion and the second teeth portion are disposed on the plate portion, the second teeth portion meshes with the first teeth portion, so that the base portion forces the plate portion to rotate relative to the base portion via the first teeth portion and the second teeth portion meshing with each other, and another side of the expansion card is positioned by the positioning recess portion.