US 12,287,677 B2
System and method for supporting hardware components
Mark Hammond, Round Rock, TX (US); James Frederic Mckinney, Leander, TX (US); Scott Elvin Johnson, Round Rock, TX (US); and Karl Isaac Hamand, 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 Sep. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/933,594.
Prior Publication US 2024/0094776 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1656 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A data processing system, comprising:
a processor; and
a removable card holder comprising:
complementary electrical contacts operably connected to the processor, the complementary electrical contacts being adapted to contact electrical contacts of a removable card while the removable card is positioned in the removable card holder to form an operable connection between the processor and the removable card;
an extension adapted to:
translate between two positions, in a first position of the two positions the extension is a first distance away from the complementary electrical contacts and in a second position of the two positions the extension is a second distance away from the complementary electrical contacts; and
a removable attachment element adapted to:
reversibly attach to the extension, and
while attached to the extension and the extension is in the first position and the removable card is positioned in the removable card holder, maintain alignment of the removable card between the complementary electrical contacts and the extension.