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US 2002/0176232 A1Published application
Method and apparatus to facilitate removal and installation of removable components
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Company
InventorsKelly J. Reasoner, Robert L. Mueller, Gregg S. Schmidtke
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for facilitating the removal and installation of components of a system. The installation and removal of the component may be a completed without the need to manually disconnect connectors, use tools, take a lengthy amount of time, or interrupt a SCSI loop. A latch assembly is utilized to control connecting and locking conditions of the component.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- providing at least one first connector operatively associated with a component;
- providing at least one second connector operatively associated with a housing;
- wherein, said component has a connected condition in which said first connector is electrically engaged with said second connector;
- wherein, said component has a disconnected condition in which said first connector is electrically disengaged from said second connector;
- wherein, said component has at least a locked condition and an unlocked condition;
- and
- applying a force causing said component to move to said disconnected condition.
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The method of clam 1 and further comprising:
- providing an actuator operatively associated with said component;
- wherein, said force causes said actuator to rotate.
A system including a housing and a component removably received within said housing, said system comprising:
- at least one first connector operatively associated with said component;
- at least one second connector operatively associated with said housing;
- wherein, said component has at least a connected and a disconnected condition;
- wherein, in said connected condition, said first connector is electrically engaged with said second connector;
- wherein, in said disconnected condition, said first connector is electrically disengaged from said second connector;
- wherein said component has at least a locked condition and an unlocked condition;
- and
- wherein, moving said component from said connected to said disconnected condition causes said component to move from said locked to said unlocked condition.
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A method comprising:
- providing a first electrical connector on a housing;
- providing a second electrical connector on a component;
- disconnecting said second electrical connector from said first electrical connector by moving said second electrical connector relative to said first electrical connector in a first direction;
- moving said component relative to said housing in a second direction;
- and
- wherein, said first direction is transverse to said second direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.