Processor and circuit board retaining apparatus and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6353541
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09422044

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The present invention provides for an apparatus and method for retaining a circuit board in a computer system. Some embodiments include single or multiple panels hinged to a chassis of the computer that are used as retaining structures. In operation, the retaining structures may be hinged down onto a circuit board cap that is in turn coupled to a central processing unit package that includes a circuit board. In this manner, the central processing unit or another component including a circuit board may be retained in a computer system.

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MPC COMPUTERS LLC906 EAST KARCHER ROAD NAMPA ID 83687

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cresse, William M Daytona, FL 6 81
Gagne, Jacques Los Altos, CA 48 539
Gradwohl, Ray Saratoga, CA 19 318
Hartley, Philip San Francisco, CA 6 100
Johnson, Gregory P Boise, ID 8 118
Leman, Michael V Eagle, ID 59 1112

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