Patent ID: 11924975
Assignee: ACACIA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B  G | IPC B  G  H

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus comprising:
a shaft having a first end and a second end; wherein the shaft is substantially a cylinder; wherein the shaft has a bottom at the first end; wherein an insert is located centrally on the bottom of the first end of the shaft to hold the shaft in position horizontally when the insert is placed in a base; and
an external ramp positioned on a lower portion of the shaft; wherein a top plane of the external ramp partially spirals between at least a portion of the first end and the second end; wherein the external ramp has a beginning portion located proximate to the first end; wherein the external ramp has an ending portion located closer to the second end than the first end; wherein a second portion of the ending portion is of a height that corresponds to a separation distance between a mother board and a daughter board; wherein the bottom of the external ramp is at a height that enables it to be inserted between the mother board and the daughter board to cause a bottom of the first portion of the ramp to make contact with a top of the mother board and the top plane of the first portion of the ramp to make contact with a bottom portion of the daughter board.