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US 11,706,892 B1Granted
Apparatus for board installation
AssigneeZT Group Int'l, Inc.
InventorsDavid Liang, Jun Lu
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided for loading an electronic device, e.g., a populated GPU board, onto a device tray, e.g., a GPU tray, where the electronic device is cumbersome and the device tray presents obstacles that prevent simply lowering the device into the tray. The apparatus includes a dolly and a base, the base configured to position the dolly against the device tray so that the dolly, carrying the board, may slide the device into position and then be removed from beneath the device.
Claims16
An apparatus comprising:
- a base including a first side wall, a second side wall, a first floor between the first and second side walls, the first floor having a front edge;
- and
- a plate having a plurality of runners, a first plurality of rollers on a first plate side, a second plurality of rollers on a second plate side and a rail attached to a first end of the plate, the rail comprising a handle configured to facilitate a user pushing the plate in the first direction, the plate configured to fit between the first and second side walls with the first plurality of rollers in movable contact with the first side wall, the second plurality of rollers in movable contact with the second side wall, and the plurality of runners in slidable contact with the floor, wherein:
- when the apparatus is horizontal, horizontal movement of the plate is constrained by the first and second side walls to a first direction allowing the plate to extend past the front edge and return in an opposite direction to the first direction.
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A system comprising:
- a device;
- a device tray dimensioned to receive the device;
- and
- a loader including:
- a base including a first side wall, a second side wall, a first floor between the first and second side walls, the first floor having a front edge;
- and
- a plate having a plurality of runners, a first plurality of rollers on a first plate side, a second plurality of rollers on a second plate side and a rail attached to a first end of the plate, the rail comprising a handle configured to facilitate a user pushing the plate in the first direction, the plate configured to fit between the first and second side walls with the first plurality of rollers in movable contact with the first side wall, the second plurality of rollers in movable contact with the second side wall, and the plurality of runners in slidable contact with the first floor,
- wherein:
- when the system is oriented such that the plate is horizontal, horizontal movement of the plate is constrained by the first and second side walls to a first direction allowing the plate to extend past the front edge and return in an opposite direction to the first direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.