Adjustable Riser Bracket for PCIe Card Installation

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Solution Overview

Problem

The installation of PCIe add-in cards in computing systems often faces challenges due to differences in card sizes, leading to fit issues and limited flexibility in upgrading or swapping components.

Innovation Solution

A riser bracket with an adjustable fixing bracket is provided, which can change height between a full-height and a half-height configuration, allowing for secure installation of various sized PCIe cards.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a fixed-height riser bracket is used, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but it cannot accommodate different PCIe card sizes (full-height and half-height)

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecompatibility with different PCIe card sizesVSAvoidcomplexity of the riser bracket structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The fixing bracket is designed with slide brackets that can move vertically along the support bracket, allowing the bracket height to be dynamically adjusted between full-height and half-height configurations to accommodate different PCIe card sizes

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The fixing bracket is divided into multiple components including a support bracket, first slide bracket, and second slide bracket, which can be independently positioned and adjusted to create different height configurations

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Adaptability or versatility

If an adjustable fixing bracket with slide brackets is added, then compatibility with different PCIe card sizes is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveflexibility in accommodating PCIe card sizesVSAvoidnumber of components in the riser bracket

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The first slide bracket and second slide bracket are merged into a single integrated component that performs both vertical positioning and horizontal securing functions, reducing the total number of separate parts while maintaining adjustability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS12238886B2Apparatus for installing PCIe add-in cards in a computing system

Publication Date: 2025.02.25 QUANTA COMPUTER INC

AI summary

A riser bracket for a computing device includes a plurality of structural members configured to receive a computing component and an adjustable fixing bracket mechanically coupled to the plurality of structural members. The adjustable fixing bracket has a plurality of configurations that includes a first configuration and a second configuration. The adjustable fixing bracket has a first height in the first configuration that is greater than a second height in the second configuration. The adjustable fixing bracket includes a first slide bracket that is slidably mounted to a support bracket. The support bracket is fixed relative to the first slide bracket and the plurality of structural members. The first slide bracket is slidable along the support bracket to change the adjustable fixing bracket between the first configuration and the second configuration.