Quick disconnect card-on-board electronic package assembly
CA 1069207 A · Owner: International Business Machines Corporation · Inventors: Yaple, William R.; Brearley, Lawrence E.; Bocinski, Terrence E.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A card-on-board package assembly which comprises a printed circuit board, a board stiffener secured to the board, a card guide assembly fastened to the stiffener and a plurality of printed circuit cards mounted in the guide assembly to make electrical contact with the board. The cards latch into position in the guide assembly and are connected into the board with a scissors-type movement by captive fastening means which fasten the cards to the stiffener. Individual cards may be easily replaced. The board, board stiffener, card guide and, card assembly is fastened to a gate or frame by captive fastening means and may be quickly and easily removed as a unit and replaced with another one.
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Granted January 1, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 1, 1997.
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