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Juniper Networks, Inc.

Tony Joseph Lilios

David J Lima

Keith Hocker

Mario David Bogdan

A helical drive system for seating and unseating a removable component, such as a printed circuit board, into a slot is described. The helical drive system includes a receptacle fixed to a housing proximate the slot. A handle and drive shaft are attached to the printed circuit board. The drive shaft has a helical groove that mates with a pin included in the receptacle. Rotation of the drive shaft pulls the printed circuit board into the slot and fully seats the printed circuit board. Rotation in the other direction unseats the printed circuit board. The helical groove has an enlarged entry that terminates in one or more points. This configuration facilitates the automatic alignment of the pin with the helical groove.

Helical drive insertion and ejection

A cable manager is attached to a device, connected to a number of cables. The cables are engaged by the cable manager in order to appropriately guide and organize the cables. The cable manager is sized and positioned so that when in a normal operating position, certain components remain freely accessible. When so desired, a technician or other user can easily raise and secure the cable manager without disconnecting the cables, thereby moving the coupled cables out of the way of various components of the device. Thus, components obstructed by the cable manager when in the normal operating position can be accessed and serviced, or otherwise utilized.

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Palo Alto, CA, United States of America

Tony Joseph Lilios