(19)
(11) EP 3 979 041 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
07.12.2022 Bulletin 2022/49

(43) Date of publication:
06.04.2022 Bulletin 2022/14

(21) Application number: 21196329.3

(22) Date of filing: 13.09.2021
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G06F 1/18(2006.01)
 H05K 7/14(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
G06F 1/185; G06F 1/186; H05K 7/1408; H05K 7/1487; H05K 7/1409
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 30.09.2020 EP 20199422

(71) Applicant: Bull SAS
78340 Les Clayes-sous-Bois (FR)

(72) Inventors:
  • HATTANGADI, Amit
    560076 Bengaluru (IN)
  • MOHANASUNDARAM, Sakthivel
    613001 Tamil Nadu (IN)
  • BANGERA, Jithendra
    560076 Bangalore (IN)
  • BS, Vishwas
    560037 Karnataka (IN)

(74) Representative: Argyma 
14 Boulevard de Strasbourg
31000 Toulouse
31000 Toulouse (FR)

   


(54) AN EXPANSION MODULE FOR A COMPUTING UNIT FOR A HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTER CABINET AND A METHOD FOR THE TOOL-LESS REPLACEMENT OF AN EXPANSION CARD OF AN EXPANSION MODULE


(57) An expansion module (2) for a computing unit of a High-Performance Computer cabinet, the expansion module (2) comprising a casing (21) configured to be removably guided horizontally in a main housing of a computing unit of a High-Performance Computer cabinet, a support card (20), mounted within the casing (21), comprising at least one module connector (25), said module connector (25) being configured to be removably connected to the computing unit (1), a plurality of card slots connectors (4), each card slot connector (4) being configured to be removably connected to an expansion card (3), at least a lever (6) for locking/unlocking the casing (21) to the main housing (10) of the computing unit, said lever (6) being operable manually without using any tools and a handle (7), pivotable according to a vertical axis (Z1), configured for locking/unlocking simultaneously the expansion cards (3) when mounted in the card slot connectors (4).