Patent ID: 6971893
Filing Date: 2005-12-06
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a cassette carrying an electronic module having a connector movable between a seated position completing an electrical connection and an unseated breaking the electrical connection; an operating mechanism for moving the electronic module between the seated and unseated positions; a traveler member connected to the operating mechanism, said traveler member movable between a first position wherein the operating mechanism moves the electronic module to the seated position and a second position wherein the operating mechanism moves the electrical module to the unseated position, said traveling member having a threaded bore therethrough; a nut attached to the cassette, said nut having a threaded bore therethrough; a rod having two threaded portions thereon, the first threaded portion threadedly engaged with the threaded bore through said traveler member, and the second threaded portion threadedly engaged with the threaded bore through said nut, said threaded portions and threaded bores being threaded such that rotation of said rod in a first direction screws the rod in a first direction in said nut and screws the rod in a second direction in said traveler member such that the motion of the traveler member is increased by both the screwing action of the rod in the nut and the screwing action of the rod in the traveler member.