System and method for connecting electronic components
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsRoger Tipley, Arthur Volkmann, Barry Basile, Steve Radabaugh
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Abstract
There is provided a system and method for connecting electrical components. More specifically, there is provided a method comprising positioning a first set of electrical contacts of a first device opposite from a second set of electrical contacts of a second device, and activating a mechanism configured to rotate the first set of electrical contacts between an engaged position against the second set of electrical contacts and a disengaged position offset from the second set of electrical contacts.
Claims21
A method comprising:
- positioning a first set of electrical contacts of a first device opposite from a second set of electrical contacts of a second device;
- and
- activating a mechanism configured to rotate the first set of electrical contacts between an engaged position against the second set of electrical contacts and a disengaged position offset from the second set of electrical contacts.
A method comprising:
- guiding a first device into a position relative to a second device such that a first set of electrical contacts disposed on the first device is aligned with a second set of electrical contacts disposed on the second device;
- and
- biasing the first device such that the first set of electrical contacts on the first device travel along a curved path into contact with the second set of electrical contacts.
A computer system comprising:
- a first circuit board comprising a first connector;
- a second circuit board disposed at an angle relative to the first circuit board and having a second connector couplable to the first connector;
- and
- a mechanism configured to engage the second circuit board, such that the second connector moves along a path between an engaged position coupled to the first connector and a disengaged position offset from the first connector.
A mechanism configured to engage a first circuit board, such that a first electrical connector on the first circuit board moves along a path until the first electrical connector makes electrical contact with a second electrical connector coupled to a second circuit board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.