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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2002
Hiroaki Momiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Takao Mokutani, Shizuoka, JP;
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic equipment has an enclosure, a backplane board, a connector, a child board, a connection plate on the bottom edge of the child board mating with the connector, a guide, a rack gear, and a pinion gear. The guide moves within a child board housing part inside the enclosure between an upper and a lower position along a substantially vertical direction. At the upper position, the guide slidably mates with the child board and guides the child board to a temporary attachment position substantially vertically, and movement from the upper to the lower position causes the child board at the temporary attachment position to move substantially vertically to a fully attached position. The rack gear fixed relative to the guide, and the rotating shaft has a pinion gear meshing with the rack gear, and is supported so as to rotate freely relative to the enclosure.