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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Camillo Sassano, Durham, NC (US);
William Risk, San Jose, CA (US);
Kevin L. Schultz, Raleigh, NC (US);
Michael Vincent DeBole, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Benjamin Gordon Shaw, San Francisco, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus according to one embodiment includes a landing pad having a mating portion configured to mate with a mating feature of a removable element as the removable element approaches the landing pad in a first direction. The apparatus also includes a mount along which the landing pad is movable in a second direction. A lever is positionable between a disengaged position and an engaged position, the lever being coupled to the landing pad for translating the landing pad along the mount in the second direction during movement thereof from the disengaged position toward the engaged position. The first direction is different than the second direction.