Insertion tool for memory modules
OwnerPhan F. Hoanginventor
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Abstract
An embodiment is a method and apparatus to provide an insertion tool for a memory module. First and second spacers are located at a predetermined distance. Each has a flat top surface and a bottom surface with a longitudinal opening having a narrow width that accommodates a first thickness of a printed circuit board (PCB). First and second guides are attached to sides of the first and second spacers, respectively, such that a guide distance between the first and second guides corresponds to a combined thickness of the first thickness and side thicknesses of a socket connector into which the PCB is inserted. Each of the first and second guides has two end portions that extend downward by a height.
Claims12
An insertion tool comprising:
- first and second spacers located at a predetermined distance, each having a flat top surface and a bottom surface with a longitudinal opening having a narrow width that accommodates a first thickness of a printed circuit board (PCB);
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- first and second guides, each having two end portions that extend downward by a height and attached to sides of the first and second spacers, respectively, such that a guide distance between the first and second guides corresponds to a combined thickness of the first thickness and side thicknesses of a socket connector into which the PCB is inserted.
A method of inserting a printed circuit board (PCB) having a PCB thickness into a connector comprising:
- aligning a first edge of the PCB in slot of a socket connector having side thicknesses;
- aligning a second edge of the PCB with a longitudinal opening having a narrow width accommodating the PCB thickness, the longitudinal opening being on a bottom surface of each of first and second spacers located at a predetermined distance, the first and second spacers being attached to first and second guides at sides of the first and second spacers such that a guide distance between the first and second guides corresponds to a combined thickness of the PCB thickness and the side thicknesses of the socket connector;
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- pressing down on top surfaces of the first and second spacers such that the PCB is fully inserted into the slot of the socket connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.