Device for circuit board insertion and extraction
OwnerGeorge Dalisayinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for facilitating the insertion and extraction of a PC board into and from a card cage, comprising a mounting body, an engager, and an actuator. In a preferred embodiment, the apparatus has a ring-shaped mounting body having a clearance hole therethrough. The apparatus is slidably and rotatably mounted on a cylindrical rod through the clearance hole such that the apparatus is slidably rotatable along the length of the cylindrical rod. In operation, the engager is positioned in physical contact with the PC board in a notch in the board such that when a force is applied to the actuator, the engager is effected to urge the board to move in the direction of the force.
Claims11
A device for facilitating the insertion and extraction of a plurality of PC boards into and from a chassis, comprising:
- a rod mounted adjacent to and stationary relative to the plurality of PC boards, the rod having a length that equals at least a spacing between an installed two of the plurality of PC boards;
- a mounting body having a first connection point and a second connection point, and being coupled to the rod such that the mounting body is slidably rotatable along the length of the rod;
- an engager attached to the mounting body at the first connection point;
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- an actuator attached to the mounting body at the second connection point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.