US 7,320,615 B2
Grounding spring plate for blade server and its mounting structure
Chih-Liang Fang, Hsintien (Taiwan)
Assigned to Adlink Technology Inc., Taipei Hsien (Taiwan)
Filed on Dec. 06, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/567,722.
Application 11/567722 is a continuation in part of application No. 11/162002, filed on Aug. 25, 2005, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2007/0093092 A1, Apr. 26, 2007
Int. Cl. H01R 13/64 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 439—377 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A grounding spring plate mounting structure comprising:
a plurality of tracks symmetrically arranged on top and bottom sides in an accommodation chamber inside a case for blade server and extending to a front opening of said case, said tracks each comprising two rails arranged in parallel, a sliding way defined between said rails for receiving a computer motherboard blade having grounding terminals on top and bottom sides of a motherboard thereof, and a recessed portion formed on said sliding way near the front opening of said case; and
a plurality of metal grounding spring plates respectively mounted on said tracks for securing computer motherboard blades in said tracks and grounding the inserted computer motherboard blades, said metal grounding spring plates each comprising a flat base fitted into the recessed portion of the associating track, two channel-like mounting frames disposed at two sides of said flat base and respectively mounted on the rails of the associating track and defining with said flat base a guide passage in communication with the sliding way of the associating track for receiving the computer motherboard blade being inserted into the sliding way of the associating track, and two clamping spring arms respectively extending from said channel-like mounting frames and suspending in said guide passage for clamping the inserted computer motherboard blade from two opposite sides.