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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 28, 2013
Applicant:

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

John P Franz, Houston, TX (US);

Michael L Sabotta, Houston, TX (US);

David A Moore, Tomball, TX (US);

Tahir Cader, Liberty Lake, WA (US);

Alan B Doerr, Magnolia, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/14 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01); G11B 33/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/1487 (2013.01); G11B 33/128 (2013.01); H05K 7/1404 (2013.01); H05K 7/1489 (2013.01); H05K 7/20709 (2013.01);
Abstract

An assembly to connect two electronic components is provided herein. The assembly includes a lever unit with a lever and a base. The lever includes a primary cam member and a secondary cam member connected thereto. The lever also includes a hook member extending therefrom. The base includes a guide structure to engage with a drive pin. Rotation of the lever to move a first electronic component along a y-axis towards, a backplane. The secondary cam member to move the drive pin along the guide structure, and the hook member to engage with a second electronic component and mate the first electronic component and the second electronic component along the second axis.


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