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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Robert R. Genest, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
John J. Loparco, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
John G. Torok, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Wade White, Hyde Park, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A flex circuit blind attachment apparatus is provided and includes a plate, a fastening member affixable to the plate and configured to draw the plate toward and away from a circuit board and jaws supportively disposed on the plate. The jaws are configured to be opened with the plate being drawn toward the circuit board such that a pin of a flex connector to be connected to the circuit board is released by the jaws following disconnection of the flex connector and the circuit board. The jaws are also configured to capture the pin with the plate being drawn away from the circuit board prior to connection of the flex connector and the circuit board.