Extraction-insertion card guide mechanism
CA 1283488 C · Owner: Boudreau, Ronald B. · Inventors: Termini, Charles; Boudreau, Ronald B.
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A card cage includes upper and lower support members which define a slot for receiving a printed circuit board. An engagement mechanism includes one or more handles pivotally mounted on the front of the card cage. Each handle, in turn, is pivotally attached to a rod which extends to the rear of the card cage and terminates in an extraction member which receives the rear corner of a circuit board. When the circuit board is mounted in the card cage, the handle is pivoted to contact the forward edge of the board and urge it into position in the cage thereby, urging contacts along the rear edge of the board into engagement with a connector at the rear of the card cage. When the board is to be …
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- Granted April 23, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 23, 2008.
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