Graphics card expansion device and mobile terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12443248-B2
Application number	US-202318236851-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 22, 2023
Priority date	Aug 31, 2022
Publication date	Oct 14, 2025
Grant date	Oct 14, 2025

Abstract

The present application provides a graphics card expansion device. The graphics card expansion device includes a main chassis and an expansion chassis. The expansion chassis comprises: at least one graphics card storage box, the at least one graphics card storage box is equipped with at least one graphics card; at least one second power source, the at least second power source provides power to at least one graphics card in the at least one graphics card storage box; at least one adapter card, the at least one graphics card storage box communicates with the motherboard in the main box through the at least one adapter card.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A graphics card expansion device, comprising: a main chassis comprising a motherboard and a first power source; an expansion chassis, wherein the expansion chassis comprises: at least one graphics card storage box, the at least one graphics card storage box is equipped with at least one graphics card; at least one second power source, the at least second power source provides power to at least one graphics card in the at least one graphics card storage box; at least one adapter card, the at least one graphics card storage box communicates with the motherboard in the main box through the at least one adapter card; and the expansion chassis comprises a plurality of second power sources, a plurality of graphics card storage boxes, and a plurality of adapter cards, and the plurality of second power sources, the plurality of multiple graphics card storage boxes and the plurality of adapter cards are arranged in a one-by-one manner.

2. The graphics card expansion device of claim 1 , wherein the main chassis and the expansion chassis are arranged side by side and pasted together.

3. The graphics card expansion device of claim 1 , wherein the main chassis and the expansion chassis have a same size.

4. The graphics card expansion device of claim 3 , wherein the main chassis comprises a bottom plate, the bottom plate and the expansion chassis are fixed together.

5. The graphics card expansion device of claim 1 , wherein the expansion chassis comprises a plurality of graphics card storage boxes, and each graphics card storage box comprises a plurality of graphics cards.

6. The graphics card expansion device of claim 5 , wherein the at least one second power source provides power to the plurality of graphics cards.

7. The graphics card expansion device of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of graphics cards in the plurality of graphics card storage boxes are communicatively connected to the motherboard through an adapter card.

8. The graphics card expansion device of claim 1 , wherein the expansion chassis comprises a heat dissipation device, and the heat dissipation device is thermally connected to the at least one graphics card.

9. A mobile terminal comprising a graphics card expansion device, comprising: a main chassis comprising a motherboard and a first power source; an expansion chassis, wherein the expansion chassis comprises: at least one graphics card storage box, the at least one graphics card storage box is equipped with at least one graphics card; at least one second power source, the at least second power source provides power to at least one graphics card in the at least one graphics card storage box; at least one adapter card, the at least one graphics card storage box communicates with the motherboard in the main box through the at least one adapter card; and the expansion chassis comprises a plurality of second power sources, a plurality of graphics card storage boxes, and a plurality of adapter cards, and the plurality of second power sources, the plurality of multiple graphics card storage boxes and the plurality of adapter cards are arranged in a one-by-one manner.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9 , wherein the mobile terminal is a notebook computer, a tablet computer or a mobile phone.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 9 , wherein the main chassis and the expansion chassis have a same size, the main chassis comprises a bottom plate, the bottom plate and the expansion chassis are fixed together.

Assignees

• Hongfujin Prec Ind Wuhan Co Ltd
• Hon Hai Prec Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chen Ching-Jou
• Hung Wen-Hsiang
• Gu chun-bao

Classifications

• G06F1/1658

  related to the mounting of internal components, e.g. disc drive or any other functional module · CPC title

• G06F1/263

  Arrangements for using multiple switchable power supplies, e.g. battery and AC (G06F1/30 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F1/203

  for portable computers, e.g. for laptops · CPC title

• G06F1/188

  Mounting of power supply units · CPC title

• G06F1/20

  Cooling means · CPC title