Pin extraction tool
AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorsThomas A. Halliday, Liang Hwang
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Abstract
A tool for extracting a press fit pin from a pin field in a backplane of an electronic system. The tool includes a shaft having first and second ends, with a chuck mounted to the first end and an abutment mounted to the second end. The chuck has a plurality of jaws adapted to grip the pin therebetween and a weight is slidably mounted on the shaft between the chuck and the abutment. After a pin is held by the chuck, the weight is slid along the shaft to contact the abutment and the kinetic energy imparted by the weight to the shaft acts to pull the pin out of the backplane.
Claims7
A tool for extracting a press fit pin from an opening in an object, comprising:
- a shaft having first and second ends;
- a chuck mounted to said shaft first end, said chuck having a plurality of jaws adapted to grip said pin therebetween;
- an abutment secured to said shaft second end;
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- a weight slidably mounted on said shaft between said chuck and said abutment and said shaft extending through the weight;
- whereby after said pin is held by said chuck, said weight is slid along said shaft to contact said abutment, and kinetic energy imparted by said weight to said shaft acts to pull said pin from said opening in said object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.