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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2012
Shawn Canfield, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Michael T. Peets, Staatsburg, NY (US);
Wade H. White, Hyde Park, NY (US);
Shawn Canfield, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Michael T. Peets, Staatsburg, NY (US);
Wade H. White, Hyde Park, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A latch mechanism is provided for latching a field-replaceable unit within an enclosure. The latch mechanism includes a rotatable latch coupled to the field-replaceable unit, via a pivot, at a first side of the field-replaceable unit, and a compliant spring member disposed to act on the pivot. The compliant spring member acts on the pivot and compresses with rotating of the latch from an open position to a latched position during latching of the field-replaceable unit within the enclosure. The compressing facilitates provision of a positive pressure on or across the field-replaceable unit directed towards a second side of the field-replaceable unit opposite to the first side. This positive pressure facilitates, for example, fixed coupling of a first connector at the second side of the field-replaceable unit to a second connector associated with the enclosure when the field-replaceable unit is latched within the enclosure.