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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:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2000
Lonnie W. Smith, Round Rock, TX (US);
Dell USA, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
An adjustable clamp for testing PC cards includes a base member having a planar surface and raised guides spaced apart to define a plurality of slots. A clamp member includes a plurality of spaced apart ribs seated for lateral movement in the slots. A fastener, which is removable, extends through the base member and the clamp member. The fastener is adjustable for moving the ribs laterally in the slots and retaining the clamp member on the base member. In this manner, a plurality of PC cards are retained between the raised guides and the ribs and maintained in a straightened configuration for insertion into respective circuit board connectors during testing of the circuit board.