Patent ID: 7314379
Filing Date: 2008-01-01
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An adapter for use in a computer system, comprising: a circuit board to be inserted in an expansion slot of the computer system; a signal transmission connector socket having a first end secured to said circuit board and a second end to be coupled to an external signal transmission connector; a securing plate securable to the computer system and said circuit board, and having a through hole for exposing said second end of said signal transmission connector socket; and an elastic metallic conductive member mounted between said signal transmission connector socket and said securing plate, having a crooked cross-section extending in a certain direction, and having one end urging against a metallic housing of said signal transmission connector socket and an opposite end urging against said securing plate so as to be elastically deformable in said certain direction to accomplish electric connection between said signal transmission connector socket and said securing plate via said elastic metallic conductive member deforming in said certain direction.