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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2003
Keisuke Yano, Kikuchi-gun, JP;
Yojiro Saruwatari, Kumamoto, JP;
Ryota Minowa, Yamaga, JP;
Tetsuya Fujiwara, Kumamoto, JP;
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A lever with a generally L-shaped main body with a horizontal arm and a vertical arm joining at an angle-forming part is used for removing an electric apparatus from a connector by rotating it around rotary shafts which protrude coaxially from this angle-forming part and are rotatably supported by the connector such that the horizontal part pushes the bottom surface of the apparatus upward and lifts the mounted electric apparatus. A holding structure, which may be in the form of a frame surrounding the electric apparatus to be removed, protrudes from the horizontal arm away from the rotary shaft so as to come into contact with the surface of the electric apparatus away from the vertical arm when the lever main body is rotated by more than a certain specified angle. The electric apparatus is thus prevented from tilting excessively as it is being lifted and hence can be removed without having its terminals bent or damaged.