Patent ID: 6302714
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
An apparatus for supporting a pluggable electronic device having a first electrical connector thereon within a housing having a second electrical connector therein, comprising:a body securable to the device and being rearwardly and removably insertable into the housing to a supported operating position in which the first and second connectors are releasably coupled, wherein the body has a front surface configured to transfer heat from the device to a surrounding environment; andan ejector latch assembly carried by a front portion of said body and operative upon the housing, when said body is inserted therein, to releasably latch said body to the housing and forcibly couple and uncouple the first and second connectors, said ejector latch assembly including:a lever member pivotable between a closed position in which it is closely adjacent said front body portion, an intermediate position in which it is pivoted forwardly beyond said closed position and in a leveraged engagement with the housing, and an open position in which it is pivoted forwardly beyond its intermediate position and out of a leveraged engagement with the housing;a retaining structure operative to releasably retain said lever member in said closed position; anda spring structure operative to resiliently urge said lever member from its closed position toward its intermediate position.