Tolerance absorbing lever mechanism

A device assembly for an information handling system, the device assembly comprising:

• an electronic board including a connector;
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• a locking mechanism in physical communication with the electronic board, the locking mechanism including:
• a bulkhead including first and second portions;
• a compression spring located within a cavity of the first portion of the bulkhead, a first end of the compression spring located beyond a surface of the first portion when the compression spring is in a first position;
• a leaf spring including first and second ends, the first end of the leaf spring in physical communication with and secured to the first portion of the bulkhead, the second end of the leaf spring in physical communication with the first end of the compression spring;
• a lever in physical communication with the second portion of the bulkhead, the lever including an outer surface in physical communication with the leaf spring, the lever to interface with a portion of the information handling system, such that when the lever is interfaced with the portion of the information handling system and the lever is in a locked position, the connector of the electronic board is fully mated with a connector of the information handling system;
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• a spring including first and second ends, the first end of the spring is in physical communication with a notch of the second portion of the bulkhead and the second end of the spring is in physical communication with the lever, the spring to bias the lever towards an open position.

An information handling system comprising:

• a compute node including a connector;
• and
• a device assembly including:
• an electronic board including a connector;
• and
• a locking mechanism in physical communication with the electronic board, the locking mechanism including:
• a bulkhead including first and second portions;
• a compression spring located within a cavity of the first portion of the bulkhead, a first end of the compression spring is located beyond a surface of the first portion when the compression spring is in a first position;
• a leaf spring including first and second ends, the first end of the leaf spring is in physical communication with and secured to the first portion of the bulkhead, the second end of the leaf spring is in physical communication with the first end of the compression spring;
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• a lever in physical communication with the second portion of the bulkhead, the lever including an outer surface in physical communication with the leaf spring, the lever to interface with a portion of the information handling system, when the lever is interfaced with the portion of the information handling system and the lever is in a locked position, the connector of the electronic board is fully mated with the connector of the information handling system.