Attachment plate for directly mating circuit boards
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsAlisa Sandoval, Gregory S. Meyer
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Abstract
An apparatus for adjoining along a mating axis a first and second circuit board to directly mate a first integrated connector of the first board with a second integrated connector of the second board is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an attachment plate to be supported in a substantially horizontal plane; a plurality of extension arms extending downward from the plate to suspendingly restrain the first board away from the plate; at least one stop configured to be secured to the distal end of one of the plurality of extension arms to support the first board in suspension away from the plate; and a plurality of attachment elements to secure the plate to the second circuit board without applying substantial forces to the first circuit board.
Claims19
An apparatus for adjoining along a mating axis a first and second circuit board to directly mate a first integrated connector of the first board with a second integrated connector of the second board, comprising:
- an attachment plate to be supported in a substantially horizontal plane;
- a plurality of extension arms extending downward from the plate to suspendingly restrain the first board away from the plate, wherein each extension arm includes a recess at a distal end of the extension arm;
- at least one stop configured to be secured to the distal end of one of the plurality of extension arms to support the first board in suspension away from the plate, wherein the stop is configured to be secured using the recess of the extension arm;
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- a plurality of attachment elements to secure the plate to the second circuit board without applying substantial forces to the first circuit board.
An apparatus for adjoining along a mating axis a first and second circuit board to directly mate a first integrated connector of the first board with a second integrated connector of the second board, comprising:
- an attachment plate to be supported in a substantially horizontal plane;
- a plurality of extension arms extending downward from the plate to suspendingly restrain the first board away from the plate, wherein each extension arm is comprised of a smooth elongate shaft;
- at least one stop configured to be secured to the distal end of one of the plurality of extension arms to support the first board in suspension away from the plate, wherein the stop is configured to secure to the extension arm by applying an inwardly directed force on the extension arm;
- a pressure platform extending downward from the plate to apply to the first board a mating-axis force collocated with the first connector;
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- a plurality of attachment elements to secure the plate to the second circuit board without applying substantial forces to the first circuit board.
A method for adjoining along a mating axis a first and second circuit board to directly mate a first integrated connector of the first board with a second integrated connector of the second board, comprising:
- mounting the first circuit board on a plurality of extension arms extending from a first side of an attachment plate to suspend the first circuit board over the second circuit board with the first connector aligned with the second connector;
- securing at least one stop to a distal end of one of the plurality of extension arms to support the first board;
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- applying a mating force to a rear side of the first circuit board collocated with the first integrated connector to cause the first connector to mate with the second connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.