Patent ID: 6396703
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
An ejection mechanism for a circuit card, the circuit card having an upper edge, a bottom edge, opposite side edges, and at least one edge connector mounted to the bottom edge and mateably received in an electrical connector of a backplane board, one of said bottom edge and said edge connector of said circuit card defining a lowermost longitudinal axis, the ejection mechanism comprising:at least one elongate lever pivotably mounted to a side edge of the circuit card and movable from a first position wherein the edge connector is seated in the electrical connector and a second position wherein the edge connector is unseated, the lever having an upper manipulation region for receiving an input force and a lower abutting region for contacting the backplane board; an attachment means for pivotably securing the elongate lever to the circuit card, the attachment means being mounted to the circuit card such that as the at least one lever is pivoted from the first position to the second position, the lower abutting region extends below the lowermost longitudinal axis of the circuit card whereby as the circuit card is mounted to the backplane board and the lever is pivoted from the first position to the second position, the lower abutting region engages the backplane board and exerts a upward force on the circuit card.