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US 2013/0171858 A1Published application
Detachable lid
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsKeith A. Sauer, Kelly K. Smith, Robert J. Hastings, Chong Sin Tan
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for mounting a semiconductor is disclosed. First, the semiconductor is mounted into the bracket of a lid while the lid is detached from a frame. Once the semiconductor has been loaded into the lid/bracket assembly, the loaded lid is mounted onto the frame. The lid is then locked in place on the frame by rotating a locking lever into a closed locked position.
Claims15
An apparatus, comprising:
- a frame to be attached to a primary surface of a PC board;
- at least one locking lever mounted in the frame and configured to be rotated between an open unlocked position and a closed locked position
- a detachable lid, the detachable lid configured to be removably mounted onto the frame, the detachable lid having at least one tongue,
- wherein the detachable lid is locked onto the frame by the at least one locking lever clamping onto the at least one tongue when the detachable lid is installed in the frame and the at least one locking lever is in the closed locked position;
- a bracket attached to the detachable lid, the bracket configured to hold a semiconductor device in the bracket using an inference fit between the semiconductor device and the bracket.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a PC board;
- a frame attached to a primary surface of the PC board;
- at least one locking lever mounted in the frame and configured to be rotated between an open unlocked position and a closed locked position
- a detachable lid, the detachable lid configured to be removably installed onto the frame, the detachable lid having at least one tongue,
- wherein the detachable lid is locked onto the frame by the at least one locking lever clamping onto the at least one tongue when the detachable lid is installed in the frame and the at least one locking lever is in the closed locked position;
- a bracket attached to the detachable lid;
- a semiconductor device;
- the semiconductor device mounted in the bracket using an inference fit between the semiconductor device and the bracket.
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A method for mounting a semiconductor into a socket, comprising:
- inserting the semiconductor into a bracket, the bracket attached to a lid, wherein the semiconductor is held in the bracket by an inference fit between the semiconductor and the bracket;
- mounting the lid onto a frame wherein the frame is attached to a PC board;
- clamping the lid to the frame by rotating at least one clamping level from an open unlocked position to a closed locked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.