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US 7,397,666 B2Granted
Wedge lock
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsStephan K. Barsun, S. Daniel Cromwell, Bryan D. Bolich
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Abstract
Various apparatus and methods are disclosed wherein a wedge member and a support engage one another to lock a first structure and a second structure to one another along an axis.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a first structure;
- a support extending from the first structure;
- a second structure
- a plurality of one of projections and detents extending along an axis and coupled to one of the first structure and the support;
- at least one of the other of the projections and detents coupled to the other of the first structure and the support, wherein the support is movable transverse to the axis between a locked position in which the projections and detents are in engagement to retain the first structure relative to the second structure along the axis and a disengaged position;
- a wedge member movable along the axis and configured to engage the support to transversely move the support from the disengaged position to the locked position.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a circuit board;
- a heat sink;
- a structure fixedly coupled to the heat sink and having a bore with internal detents and projections extending along an axis;
- a support including external first detents and projections within the bore;
- and
- a wedge member extending within the bore and configured to engage an axial end of the support during movement of the retainer along the axis to transversely move the external detents and projections into interlocking engagement with the internal detents and projections.
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A method comprising:
- positioning a support extending from a first structure and having axially extending external detents and projections within a bore that is coupled to a second structure and that includes internal detents and projections;
- and
- urging a wedge member axially against the support to wedge the external detents and projections into locking engagement with the internal detents and projections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.