Simm extraction tool
AssigneeSun Microsystems, Inc.
InventorAlan W. Lam
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Abstract
An extraction tool that provides for easy removal of a SIMM from a connector while preventing damage to the SIMM and the connector. The extraction tool is composed primarily of a handle portion and two arms. Each arm has a pin that couples to the holdes in a SIMM. Each arm is further comprised of an elbow portion to allow for pivoting motion of the extraction tool in order to pry a SIMM from its connector. Contact edges are provided on each arm to aid in positioning the extraction tool upon the upper edge of a connector. Each arm of the extraction tool has a chamfer surface to provide for proper coupling of a SIMM connector and to the holes in the ends of a SIMM while the SIMM is installed.
Claims18
An extraction tool for removing a single in-line memory module (SIMM) from a connector, said SIMM having a pair of vertical edges and a pair of holes, one of said holes offset from each of said vertical edges in accordance with a published specification for said SIMM, comprising:
- an elongated handle member having a first end and a second end;
- an L-shaped first arm for coupling to said holes and removing said SIMM from said connector, said first arm comprising;
- an elongated first portion coupled to said first end of said handle member and projecting perpendicularly from said handle member;
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- a second portion projecting perpendicularly from said first portion toward said second end of said handle member such that said first portion is parallel to said handle member, said second portion of said first arm having a length substantially equal the distance each of said holes in said SIMM are offset from said vertical edges of said SIMM;
- said extraction tool further comprising an L-shaped second arm for coupling to said holes and removing said SIMM from said connector.
An extraction tool for removing a single in-line memory module (SIMM) from a connector, said SIMM having a pair of vertical edges and a pair of holes, one of said holes offset from each of said vertical edges in accordance with a published specification for said SIMM, comprising:
- an elongated handle member having a first end and a second end;
- a pair of horizontally opposed arms for coupling to said holes and removing said SIMM from said connector, said arms comprising;
- an elongated first portion coupled to said first end of said handle member and projecting perpendicular from said handle member;
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- a second portion projecting at a right angle from said first portion in the direction of said second end of said handle member such that said first portion is parallel to said handle member, said second portion of said arm having a length substantially equal the distance each of said holes in said SIMM are offset from said vertical edges of said SIMM.
A method for removing a single in-line memory module (SIMM) from a connector, said SIMM having a first vertical edge and a second vertical edge and a first hole and a second hole, said first hole offset from said first vertical edge and said second hole offset from said second vertical edge in accordance with a published specification for said SIMM, comprising the steps of:
- providing an extraction tool comprised of an elongated handle member having a first end and a second end and a first arm and a horizontally opposed second arm for coupling to said holes, said first and second arms coupled to said first end of said handle member;
- coupling said first arm to said first hole;
- applying force to said second end of said handle such that said first arm causes vertical movement of said first vertical edge while said second vertical edge remains coupled to said connector;
- coupling said second arm to said second hole;
- applying force to said second end of said handle such that said second arm causes vertical movement of said second vertical edge.
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