Patent ID: 8199511

Claim:
A system comprising: a chassis having a chassis opening on a side; a riser board perpendicularly mounted to the chassis and including a straight connector for receiving an adapter card carrier; a carrier housing having a rectangular shape including a front side, a back side, and two parallel sidewalls, wherein the front side includes an adapter card opening for accepting the adapter card carrier, wherein each of the two parallel sidewalls includes a flange for mechanically coupling the carrier housing to the chassis and a guide rail to horizontally receive the adapter card carrier; wherein the chassis opening receives the carrier housing including the adapter card carrier and a first connector of the adapter card carrier connects to the straight connector through a connector opening in the carrier housing; and wherein the adapter card carrier comprises a carrier frame, the first connector disposed on a first side of the carrier frame, a second connector disposed on a second side of the carrier frame, the second side of the carrier frame perpendicular to the first side, the second connector electrically coupled to the first connector, the second connector configured to connect to an adapter card inserted into the adapter card carrier, the carrier frame further comprising a third side that is rotatably coupled to the first side of the carrier frame, the third side configured to rotate to an open position and facilitate insertion of an adapter card into the adapter card carrier.