Nvidia patents tool to pop bridge boards out of computer parts
Nvidia describes a physical tool with a handle and several small levers lined up along one end. The tool is designed to slide under a specific type of circuit board called a bridge board and use the levers to lift it out of a computer assembly.
In the filing’s own words
An apparatus is described that includes a body having a pivot surface that extends along a first end of the body and a plurality of lever arms arranged linearly along the pivot surface and that project from the pivot surface such that a geometry of the pivot surface and the plurality of lever arms facilitate removal of a bridge board from a computing component assembly by causing at least one of the plurality of lever arms to contact an underside of the bridge board.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A tool, comprising: a body having a pivot surface; and a plurality of lever arms arranged linearly along the pivot surface, wherein each of the plurality of lever arms is formed such that the body forms an acute angle of engagement with a computing component assembly by contacting a structural surface of a component housing in which at least one circuit board is contained.
Facts
- Company
- Nvidia (NVIDIA Corporation)
- Official title
- BRIDGE BOARD REMOVAL TOOL
- Publication number
- US20260271254A1
- Application number
- 19550908
- Filed
- Feb 26, 2026
- Published
- Sep 10, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 24
Classified under
H05K 13/0007 Electricity & electronicsH05K 7/1489 Electricity & electronicsH05K 7/1498 Electricity & electronicsH05K 13/0015 Electricity & electronicsH05K 13/0061 Electricity & electronicsMore from Nvidia in Chips & hardware
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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