Separation tool for multipin electrical connectors

A hand-operated tool for separating an upper electronic connector from a lower electronic connector comprising:

• first and second hydraulic assemblies, each having a fluid operated shaft extending from a bottom end thereof;
• first and second extractor tabs extending perpendicularly from the bottom ends of said corresponding first and second hydraulic assemblies;
• variable-distance connecting means for mechanically connecting said first and second hydraulic assemblies to one another with said corresponding extractor tabs facing one another;
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• a third user-controlled hydraulic assembly operatively connected to said first and second hydraulic assemblies to move the fluid operated shafts of said assemblies in and out relative to the bottom end thereof whereby the user may place said first and second extractor tabs between the upper and lower connectors, move the corresponding shafts out relative to the bottom ends of said first and second hydraulic assemblies to press against the lower connector or a substrate on which the lower connector is mounted, and thereby cause the corresponding extractor tabs to lift the upper connector away from the lower connector.

A tool for separating an upper electronic connector from a lower electronic connector comprising:

• a support member having a left end and a right end;
• a left and a right slave cylinder, each having a piston with one side of the piston in fluid communication with a fluid coupling located at a top end of the slave cylinder and another side of the piston connected to a shaft which extends towards and out of a bottom end of the slave cylinder;
• a left and a right extractor tab extending perpendicularly away from each respective slave cylinder at the bottom end thereof;
• means for connecting said left and right slave cylinders to respective ends of said support member such that the respective extractor tabs are pointing towards one another;
• means for varying a distance between the left and right slave cylinders whereby said extractor tabs may be placed on opposite sides of the upper and lower connectors and slid therebetween;
• a master cylinder having a piston with one side of the piston in fluid communication with a fluid coupling located at a top end of the master cylinder and another side of the piston connected to a shaft which extends towards and out of a bottom end of the master cylinder;
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• tube means for connecting the fluid coupling end of the master cylinder to the fluid coupling ends of the left and right slave cylinders whereby an operator may depress the shaft of the master cylinder to extend the shafts of the slave cylinders and cause them to press against the lower connector or a substrate on which the lower connector is mounted, and thereby separate the upper connector from the lower connector.

A tool for separating an upper electronic connector from a lower electronic connector comprising:

• an elongated support member having a left end and a right end;
• a left and a right syringe, each syringe having a piston with one side of the piston in fluid communication with a fluid coupling located at a top end of the syringe and another side of the piston connected to a shaft which extends towards and out of a bottom end of the syringe, each syringe having a finger tab extending perpendicularly away from the syringe at the bottom end thereof;
• means for connecting said left and right syringes to corresponding ends of said support member such that the corresponding finger tabs are pointing towards one another;
• means for varying a distance between the left and right syringes cylinders whereby said finger tabs may be placed on opposite sides of the upper and lower connectors and slid therebetween;
• a master syringe having a piston with one side of the piston in fluid communication with a fluid coupling located at a top end of the master syringe and another side of the piston connected to a shaft which extends towards and out of a bottom end of the master syringe;
• a T-connector having a first, second, and third fluid coupling;
• first and second tubes connected between the first and second fluid couplings of the T-connector and respective ones of the fluid couplings of the first and second syringes;
• a third tube connected between the third fluid coupling of the T-connector and the fluid coupling of the master syringe;
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• a fluid operatively connecting said master syringe to said first and second slave syringes through said first, second and third tubes and said T-connector, whereby an operator may depress the shaft of the master syringe to extend the shafts of the first and second syringes to press them against the lower connector or a substrate on which the lower connector is mounted, and thereby separate the upper connector from the lower connector.

A tool for separating an upper electronic connector from a lower electronic connector comprising:

• a support member;
• first and second extractor tabs connected to opposites sides of said support member and extending inward toward one another whereby said extractor tabs may be placed between the upper and lower connectors;
• first and second operative shafts connected to opposite sides of said support member adjacent to said extractor tabs, each operative shaft extending downward toward the lower connector;
• third and fourth extractor tabs mounted respectively at a distal end of the first and second operative shafts and extending inward towards one another, whereby the third and fourth extractor tabs may be placed between the upper and lower connectors along with the first and second extractor tabs;
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• means for moving said operative shafts from an upper position to a lower position whereby the operative shafts press against the lower connector hanging in free space or a substrate on which the lower connector is mounted, causing the extractor tabs to move upward, and thereby separating the upper connector from the lower connector.