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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 1984
Filed:
Jul. 17, 1981
Thomas R Bean, Concord, OH (US);
Edward F Stockmaster, Mentor, OH (US);
George S Whaley, Eastlake, OH (US);
The Babcock & Wilcox Company, New Orleans, LA (US);
Abstract
A latching mechanism for latching the front plate of a circuit board module to the circuit board module rack effected by merely inserting the module in the rack. The mechanism includes a resilient tab having a prong with a tapered head. The prong mates with an aperture of a mount on the rack such that at full insertion of the module the head engages the mount through the aperture thus precluding withdrawal of the module from the rack. Depressing the resilient tab allows withdrawal of the prong from the mount through the aperture to unlatch the mechanism and permit withdrawal of the module from the rack.