Patent ID: 6796818
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: G01R,H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
An extender card for use in a card cage, the extender card having upper and lower card guides attached to the rear upper and lower edges thereof, and extending rearward from a unitary card portion of the extender card, the unitary card portion having a rear connector for receiving the connector of a card under test via the card guides, and a front connector for insertion of the extender card into a card cage connector, the card under test having upper and lower ejector levers that mate with upper and lower ejector lever brackets on the card cage, said extender card comprising:upper and lower extender card ejector levers attached to or integral with said unitary card portion upper and lower edges, respectively, and operated to mate with said upper and lower card cage ejector lever brackets to assist in the insertion and removal of said extender card front connector into and from said card cage connector; and upper and lower ejector lever brackets attached to or integral with said upper and lower card guides, respectively, and operated to mate with said card under test upper and lower card ejector levers to assist in the insertion and removal of said card under test connector into and from said extender card rear connector.