# US 12,744,357 B2 · Controlled extraction of electronic connector from electronic connector board

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- Number: US 12,744,357 B2
- Document ID: US12744357B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/057,418
- Filed: 2022-11-21
- Published: 2024-05-23
- Granted: 2026-09-22
- Earliest claimed: 2022-11-21
- Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicants: International Business Machines Corporation
- Inventors: Theron Lee Lewis; Timothy P. Younger; David J. Braun; James D. Bielick; John R. Dangler; Stephen Michael Hugo; Timothy Jennings
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12744357B2

## CPC

- H01R 43/205: {with a panel or printed circuit board}
- H01R 43/26: for engaging or disengaging the two parts of a coupling device (structural association with two-part coupling device H01R13/629)
- H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS

## Abstract

A controlled extraction of an electronic connector from an electronic circuit board includes a press mechanism of a device positioned in spaced relation over a base fixture of the device. The base fixture receiving an electronic circuit board which includes a connector. Shafts of a removal tool of the press mechanism can be inserted into a series of openings in the connector, respectively, in response to applying a downward force to the press mechanism. A capturing element on each of the shafts can be actuated where the capturing element couples to a wall defining the opening of each of the openings. The connector can be removed from the electronic circuit board by applying an upward force to the press mechanism which removes the connector with the capturing element of the shafts coupled to the wall of the opening, and releasing the press mechanism from the base fixture.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An apparatus for a controlled extraction of an electronic connector from an electronic circuit board, comprising:
a device including a press mechanism being positionable in spaced relation to a base fixture of the device and being couplable to the base fixture, the base fixture having a location to couple an electronic circuit board, the electronic circuit board including a connector removable coupled to the electronic circuit board, the connector having a series of openings for receiving electrical connecting pins, the base fixture of the device being couplable to a tabletop surface;
the press mechanism having a removal tool being couplable to the base fixture, and the removal tool being in spaced relation to the connector, the removal tool having elongated shafts being alignable for insertion into the series of openings in the connector, respectively, the shafts being insertable into the series of openings in response to applying a downward force to the removal tool; and
capturing elements on the shafts being actuable to removably couple the capturing elements to a wall defining the openings of a plurality of the series of openings while removably coupling the removal tool to the base fixture, to remove the connector from the electronic circuit board in response to applying an upward force to the removal tool.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the capturing elements are actuable using a press mechanism positioned above the removal tool and contactable with the removal tool to actuate the capturing elements.