- Patent Title: Expansion module for a computing unit for a high-performance computer cabinet and a method for the tool-less replacement of an expansion card of an expansion module
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Application No.: US17481589Application Date: 2021-09-22
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Publication No.: US11672095B2Publication Date: 2023-06-06
- Inventor: Sakthivel Mohanasundaram , Jithendra Bangera , Vishwas Bs , Amit Hattangadi
- Applicant: Atos Global IT Solutions and Services Private Limited
- Applicant Address: IN Navi Mumbai
- Assignee: BULL SAS
- Current Assignee: BULL SAS
- Current Assignee Address: FR Les CLAYES sous BOIS
- Agency: ARC IP Law, PC
- Agent Joseph J. Mayo
- Priority: EP 199422 2020.09.30 EP 196329 2021.09.13
- Main IPC: H05K5/02
- IPC: H05K5/02

Abstract:
An expansion module for a computing unit of a High-Performance Computer cabinet, the expansion module comprising a casing configured to be removably guided horizontally in a main housing of a computing unit of a High-Performance Computer cabinet, a support card, mounted within the casing, comprising at least one module connector, said module connector being configured to be removably connected to the computing unit, a plurality of card slots connectors, each card slot connector being configured to be removably connected to an expansion card, at least a lever for locking/unlocking the casing to the main housing of the computing unit, said lever being operable manually without using any tools and a handle, pivotable according to a vertical axis, configured for locking/unlocking simultaneously the expansion cards when mounted in the card slot connectors.
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