Apparatus for docking a printed circuit board
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsNorman Bruce Desrosiers, Dean Frederick Herring
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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsNorman Bruce Desrosiers, Dean Frederick Herring
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An apparatus comprising a guide plate selectively securable in a position adjacent a first electronic connector, wherein the guide plate includes a linear slot. A mounting plate is positioned generally parallel to the guide plate, wherein the mounting plate comprises two or more mounting pins, and is vertically slidably secured to the guide plate by the pins extending through the linear slot. Between the guide plate and the mounting plate, a rotatable plate is pivotally coupled, wherein the rotatable plate includes one or more cam slots slidably receiving a mounting pin. An electronic circuit board is coupled to the mounting plate, the electronic circuit board having a second electronic connector selectively mateable with the first electronic connector. The rotatable plate is actuated so that the cam slots cause the mounting plate and circuit board to move vertically to insert and remove the second connector relative to the first connector.
An apparatus comprising:
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