Patent ID: 9585283
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: H01R,H05K,Y10T

Claim:
1. An apparatus comprising: a line card having a front side; an ejector mounting base attached to the front side of the line card; a pressure bar-ejector tooth assembly connected to the ejector mounting base, the pressure bar-ejector tooth assembly having a pressure bar-ejector tooth assembly upper portion and a pressure bar-ejector tooth assembly lower portion substantially parallel to the pressure bar-ejector tooth assembly upper portion; a pressure bar-ejector tooth attached to an end of the pressure bar-ejector tooth assembly upper portion and to an end of the pressure bar-ejector tooth assembly lower portion, wherein the pressure bar-ejector tooth assembly upper portion and the pressure bar-ejector tooth assembly lower portion are spaced apart, wherein the pressure bar-ejector tooth continuously extends from beyond an end of the pressure bar-ejector tooth assembly upper portion to beyond an end of the pressure bar-ejector tooth assembly lower portion, the pressure bar tooth having a height approximately equal to a height of the front side of the line card, the pressure bar-ejector tooth is perpendicular to a lever handle, the pressure bar-ejector tooth assembly upper portion, and the pressure bar-ejector tooth assembly lower portion; the lever handle operatively connected to the pressure bar-ejector tooth assembly and the ejector mounting base; a first cam operatively connected to the pressure bar-ejector tooth assembly and the lever handle; and a second cam operatively connected to the pressure bar-ejector tooth assembly and the lever handle, the first cam and the second cam being offset from a center of the front side of the line card by equal amounts, wherein the first cam is located proximate a top edge of the line card and the second cam is located proximate a bottom edge of the line card.