Patent ID: 7359216

Claim:
A computer module for electrically coupling a motherboard with at least first and second add-in cards, the computer module comprising: a first riser electrically coupled with the motherboard and electrically coupled with the first add-in card at a first card elevation above the motherboard; a second riser electrically coupled with the motherboard, and electrically coupled with the second add-in card at a second card elevation above the motherboard; the first and second risers oriented facing toward each other, the first and second risers being sufficiently distant from each other, and the first and second card elevations above the motherboard being sufficiently different from each other, so that the add-in cards will extend from the risers generally parallel to the motherboard, and will at least partly overlap each other over the motherboard; and a frame having at least first, second, and third frame sides, the second frame side generally opposite the first frame side, the third frame side connecting to and holding the first and second frame sides; wherein the first riser is connected to and held by the first frame side, and the second riser is connected to and held by the second frame side.