Patent ID: 11877416
Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 5:
6. An apparatus, comprising:
a motherboard comprising a plurality of peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) slots;
a controller communicatively coupled to the motherboard and to the plurality of PCIe slots;
an inline riser card coupled to a PCIe slot of the plurality of PCIe slots, wherein the inline riser card comprises:
a riser card body;
a first interface with a first set of fingers and a second set of fingers at an end of the riser card body to connect to the PCIe slot, wherein the second set of fingers comprises a twenty pin assignment configuration, wherein at least one pin of the twenty pin assignment configuration is assigned to divert power from an unused PCIe slot to an accessory connected to the riser card body, and wherein the riser card body is powered by the at least one pin of the twenty pin assignment configuration without an external power source;
a first slot on a surface of the riser card body; and
a second slot on a same side of the surface of the riser card body as the first slot, wherein the first slot and the second slot are positioned perpendicular to the plurality of PCIe slots of the motherboard.