Appeal 2007-0631
Application 10/379,652
INTRODUCTION
The claims are directed to a device for insertion and removal of a
circuit board into a mating connector (claims 1-5 and 19-24), a method of
locking a printed wiring board into a connector (claims 6-13), a latching
device (claims 14-18), and a printed wiring board (claim 18). Claims 1, 6,
10, 14, and 18 are illustrative:
1. A device for insertion and removal of a circuit board into a mating
connector, said connector positioned within a housing, said device
comprising:
a first end for pivotal engagement with said circuit board, said first
end also adapted to mate with a front surface of said housing when said
circuit board to which said device is pivotally engaged begins to engage said
connector; and
a second end disposed longitudinally from said first end, said second
end adapted with a latch having a slot for releasably mating with a
protrusion on said circuit board such that when said board is engaged with
said connector said second end becomes releasably mated to said protrusion
thereby latching said board to said connector wherein said first end and said
second end are part of one continuous member of said device.
6. A method of locking a printed wiring board into a connector, said
connector mounted to a housing, said housing having at least one guide for
positioning said board with respect to said connector, said method
comprising:
placing a board within said guide in a direction such that said board
will, upon application of insertion force thereupon, move into mated
relationship with said connector;
applying said insertion force to said board to move said board toward
said connector until a first end of a device which is pivotally mounted to said
board engages with an edge of said housing;
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