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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2008
Jeremy S. Bridges, Apex, NC (US);
Norman B. Desrosiers, Oxford, NC (US);
Michael D. French, Raleigh, NC (US);
Dean F. Herring, Youngsville, NC (US);
Daniel P. Kelaher, Holly Springs, NC (US);
John P. Scavuzzo, Cary, NC (US);
Paul A. Wormsbecher, Apex, NC (US);
Jeremy S. Bridges, Apex, NC (US);
Norman B. Desrosiers, Oxford, NC (US);
Michael D. French, Raleigh, NC (US);
Dean F. Herring, Youngsville, NC (US);
Daniel P. Kelaher, Holly Springs, NC (US);
John P. Scavuzzo, Cary, NC (US);
Paul A. Wormsbecher, Apex, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided and includes a housing, including a housing mating device, through which an installation path for an assembly is defined with a space in which a first part is positioned, a backplane body having opposing faces on which a second part and a backplane mating device are respectively disposed, and a hub, in which a hub mating device is defined, and from which a two-stage mating device extends, the two-stage mating device including first and second elastically coupled stages. The hub and the backplane body are coupled to form the assembly and the assembly is installed/removed in/from the space with the second stage of the two-stage mating device elastically hooked by the housing mating device or released from the housing mating device and the first and second stages of the two-stage mating device biasing the hub and the backplane body to remain coupled.