Appeal No. 2005-0324
Application No. 09/390,824
APPENDIX
Claim 1
1. A carrier for connecting a planar printed circuit board card to
a chassis, wherein the card has a bulkhead and a lower edge
including a card system connector, wherein the chassis defines an
opening for receiving a card, and wherein the chassis includes a
chassis system connector to be placed in communication with the
card system connector of the received card, the chassis system
connector and opening defining a carrier-insertion direction,
comprising:
a planar body having a front end and a rear end;
a first system connector carried on the body and configured
to mate and communicate with the card system connector in a
card-insertion direction such that the plane of the printed circuit
board card is parallel to the plane of the body; and
a second system connector carried on the body and
configured to mate and communicate with the chassis system
connector, wherein the second system connector is
in communication with the first system connector;
wherein the first and second system connectors are
configured such that the card-insertion direction differs from the
carrier-insertion direction;
wherein the body and the first and second system
connectors are configured such that, with the card system
connector mated to the first system connector, the second system
connector fits insertably through the opening in the chassis-
insertion direction to mate with the chassis system connector; and
wherein the body and first system connector are configured
such that the card bulkhead would be approximately coplanar with
the chassis opening when the card system connector is mated with
the first system connector and the second system connector is
mated with the chassis system connector.
HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
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