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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1992
Robert M Renn, Pfafftown, NC (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A backplane connector (12) has a mother board (10) provided with a connector housing (13) receiving a daughter board (11) perpendicularly thereof. A cam bump (19) on the daughter board (11) engages an inclined camming surface (20) on the connector housing (13) on the mother board (10), thereby deflecting the daughter board (11) laterally away from a flexible electrical connector (14) in the connector housing (13) on the mother board (10). When the daughter board (11) is fully seated within the connector housing (13) on the mother board (10), the cam bump (19) is received in a cam bump recess (21) on the connector housing (13) on the mother board (10). A spring (18) on the connector housing (13) biases the daughter board (11) towards the mother board (10), thereby providing a detent action therebetween. A second embodiment applies the invention to a device (23) insertable into a computer (25).