Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

John Machado

Robert William Dobbs

James David Hensley

David R Cowles

A keying mechanism within a device bay allows a device connector of a device to make electrical connection with the device bay connector when a key slot of the device is located in one of a plurality of predetermined locations on the device. The keying mechanism prevents the device connector from making electrical connection with the device bay connector when the device does not have a key slot in any of the predetermined locations.

Keying mechanism for device bay

Apparatuses and methods for supporting a receptacle block in a device testing a unit under test. The unit under test includes the receptacle block, which has one or more receptacles electrically coupled to components of the unit under test. A support includes a plurality of supporting surfaces that are respectively positioned at different depths. A positioning mechanism positions the support behind a receptacle block.

Support for a receptacle block of a unit under test

A device for holding one or more connectors and inserting the connectors into one or more receptacles of a unit for testing. The device comprises a base movable toward the receptacles, a connector holder holding the connectors that is movable with the base and movable relative to the base, and a biasing mechanism disposed relative to the connector holder to bias the connector holder toward the receptacles.

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Folsom, CA, United States of America

John Machado