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Patent No.:

US 9136621 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 14, 2012

Guides and tab arrangement to retain a card having an edge connector and method of use

Applicant:

Wayde C. Jaskela, Windsor, CA (US);

Inventor:

Wayde C. Jaskela, Windsor, CA (US);

Assignee:

Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);

Attorneys:

Omkar K. Suryadevara

Silicon Valley Patent Group LLP

Primary Examiner:

Terrell McKinnon

Assistant Examiner:

Eret McNichols

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 12/70 (2011.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H01R 12/72 (2011.01); H01R 13/627 (2006.01); G06F 1/18 (2006.01); G06K 13/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 12/7023 (2013.01); G06F 1/185 (2013.01); G06F 1/186 (2013.01); G06K 13/08 (2013.01); H01R 12/7005 (2013.01); H01R 12/7029 (2013.01); H01R 12/722 (2013.01); H01R 13/6271 (2013.01); H05K 5/0069 (2013.01);
Abstract

An arrangement has guides that define passageways for left and right edges of a card, and a tab located in a path of a connector at a front edge of the card. The tab is elastically deformable out of the path by movement of the connector, as the card is inserted into the arrangement. The tab returns to a space behind the connector when the connector moves past a highest point on the tab. The highest point is located between two surfaces of the tab: a ramp-up surface and a ramp-down surface. During movement along the path, the connector slides on the ramp-up surface to elastically deform the tab out of the path, and on further movement the ramp-down surface pushes on the connector as the connector mates with another external connector. Thereafter, presence of the tab keeps the two connectors mated, until the module is removed from the arrangement.

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Jaskela, Wayde. (2015). Guides and tab arrangement to retain a card having an edge connector and method of use (U.S. Patent No. 9136621). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9136621

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