International Business Machines Corporation

Jochem K Koenig

William V Cranston, Iii

John E McCloskey

Will Eugene Hamel

Stuart Thomas Adams

Philip E Grady

James J Tout, Jr

A connector is fastened to a central portion of a connector bracket adjacent a slot in a slotted bracket to provide a number of electrical circuits extending through the slot. A first end of the connector bracket is fastened to the slotted bracket by means of a screw. The central portion of the connector bracket extends inwardly along the slotted card bracket, adjacent the slot, which the central portion overlaps. An end tab of the card bracket, opposite the first end thereof, extends outwardly along a part of the slotted card bracket, which itself extends from an end of the slot.

Cable attachment bracket with an attachment tab

The locking member of a ZIF socket, which is movable between a locked position, in which high contact forces are present between contact springs within the socket and pins extending from an electronic module into the socket, and an unlocked position, in which the pins are released from the contact springs, is held in the locked position by means of a portion of a clamping spring inserted into a gap between the locking member and a portion of the housing of the ZIF socket. The clamping spring also holds a heat sink in place on the electronic module.

Heat sink clamping string additionally holding a ZIF socket locked

Heat sink clamping spring additionally holding a ZIF socket locked

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Charlotte, NC, United States of America

Jochem K Koenig