Patent ID: 7791865
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
1. An electronic system comprising: a first power module that supplies power to a load external to the first power module through an output voltage connector in an enabling position, the first power module supported by a chassis through a front panel of the chassis and is movable extractable from the chassis along an axis from the enabling position in which a signal connector and the output voltage connector are connected to a disconnected position in which the first power module is disconnected from the load without removal of the front panel from the chassis, the chassis being external to the first power module; and a release control that restricts the movement of the first power module along the axis after the first power module is moved past a disabling position in which the first power module is triggered by disconnection of the signal connector to reduce the power supplied to the load while the first power module remains connected to the load through the output voltage connector when restricted by the release control, the disabling position located between the enabling position and the disconnected position in which the signal connector and the output voltage connector are disconnected, wherein the release control does not restrict the movement of the first power module from the enabling position to the disabling position, the release control comprising a protrusion that contacts the chassis causing the first power module to stop when the first power module is moved along the axis to a position between the disabling position and the disconnected position.