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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2012
Jeremy S. Bridges, Apex, NC (US);
Steven C. Jacobson, Mebane, NC (US);
Luke D. Remis, Raleigh, NC (US);
Gregory D. Sellman, Morrisville, NC (US);
Jeremy S. Bridges, Apex, NC (US);
Steven C. Jacobson, Mebane, NC (US);
Luke D. Remis, Raleigh, NC (US);
Gregory D. Sellman, Morrisville, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer processor retention device comprises a load frame, a load plate, and a pair of retractable cover members. The load frame may be secured to a circuit board around a processor mounting site. The load plate is pivotally coupled to the load frame and is pivotable between being open for receiving a processor at the processor mounting site and closed in engagement with a periphery of the received processor. The load plate has a window that is open to the processor mounting site when the load plate is closed. The retractable cover members span the window and are alternately movable along a track toward one another to cover the processor mounting site and away from one another to expose the processor mounting site.