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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2000
Brian S. Jarrett, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Ronald C. Flamm, Olympia, WA (US);
Sanjay Pai, Hillsboro, OR (US);
George Daskalakis, Forest Grove, OR (US);
Craig Jahne, Beaverton, OR (US);
Paul A. Cole, Clackamas, OR (US);
Neal E. Broadbent, Portland, OR (US);
Stephen R. Brown, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A device is disclosed herein for engaging and disengaging electrical connector halves, particularly electrical connector halves mounted on printed assembly boards that are to be electrically connected to a back plane. The device provides a drive train mechanism comprised of a plurality of gears and racks that, when attached, act to reduce the insertion force required to make the electrical connector halves disposed on the printed board assemblies and the back plane. A further aspect of the present invention involves the method of attaching a back plane to at least one stationary printed board assembly by actuation of a drive train.