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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 09, 1999
David A Trout, Wrightsville, PA (US);
Earl W McCleerey, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Kevin E Walker, Hershey, PA (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Retention system (10) for guiding a processor module during mating, and retention thereafter, having a pair of retention members (12) with upper sections (20) pivotable from upright positions to recumbent positions with respect to lower sections (22) when a processor module is absent. Retention members (12) latch a module (16,100) therebetween upon full insertion into guide channels (52). Module (16) includes latching surfaces (78) that latch beneath latch surfaces (76) defined on a latch (70) that is deflectable outwardly to delatch. Module (100) includes latch projections (102) that seat in apertures (88) adjacent the guide channel entrance.