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US 2026/0271253 A1Published application
Bridge board removal tool
AssigneeNVIDIA Corporation
InventorsAaron Poon, Yunzhe Zhao, Mirui Wang
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Abstract
Apparatus including a body formed with a pivot surface and multiple lever arms arranged along the pivot surface, each lever arm formed such that the body forms an acute angle of engagement with a chassis when the pivot surface contacts the chassis and a distal end of the lever arms contacts an underside of a board mounted parallel to the chassis and an arc of the lever arms contacts an edge of the board.
Claims25
An apparatus comprising:
- a body comprising a pivot surface;
- a plurality of lever arms arranged linearly along the pivot surface;
- and
- each lever arm formed such that the body forms an acute angle of engagement with a circuit board.
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A bridge board removal tool comprising:
- a body comprising a pivot surface;
- a plurality of lever arms arranged in adjacent slots formed in the pivot surface;
- and
- each lever arm formed such that the body forms an acute angle of engagement with a circuit board.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a body comprising a pivot surface;
- a plurality of lever arms mounted in alternate slots along the pivot surface;
- and
- each lever arm formed such that the body forms an acute angle of engagement with a plurality of circuit boards.
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A bridge board removal process, comprising:
- (a) pivotably engaging a tool body at an acute angle with a plurality of circuit boards;
- (b) inserting a plurality of lever arms into slots accessing an underside of the bridge board;
- (c) contacting a distal end of the lever arms with the underside of the bridge board;
- and
- (d) contacting a point along an arc of the lever arms with an edge of the bridge board.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a body comprising a pivot surface;
- a plurality of lever arms arranged linearly along the pivot surface;
- the body and the lever arms formed as a single molded unit;
- each lever arm formed such that the body forms an acute angle of engagement with a circuit board;
- and
- each lever arm comprising a distal end comprising a rectangular bulk shape with a valley formed in it.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.