Patent ID: 6256204
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
An electronic component assembly for slidable insertion into a chassis having a chassis rail and a detent. said electronic component assembly comprising:a carrier having first and second sides, said first side opposing said second side, said first side including a carrier rail, said carrier including a flexible handle having first and second ends, said carrier rail including a flexible end portion and a hole in said carrier rail, said first end of said handle being coupled to said flexible end portion of said carrier rail, and said second end portion of said handle being coupled to said second side of said carrier, said flexible end portion including a latch for engaging the detent in the chassis, said carrier being slidably insertable into said chassis such that said carrier rail engages the chassis rail, said latch engaging the detent in the chassis when said carrier is inserted into the chassis a predetermined distance, said latch locking said carrier in the chassis when the latch is engaged in the detent in the chassis, said carrier being slidably removable from the chassis by application of a force applied between said first and second ends of said handle and substantially perpendicular to said handle, the force causing said handle to bend which in turn causes said flexible end portion of said carrier rail to bend, thereby disengaging said latch from the detent;an electronic component having a hole aligned with said hole in said carrier rail, said electronic component being attached to said carrier; anda wire form having a body portion and a leg at one end of said body portion, said leg being angled outward from said body portion and inserted through said hole in said carrier rail and into said hole in said electronic component, said body portion forming an arch when said carrier is removed from the chassis, said body portion forcing said leg against the distal wall of said hole in said electronic component, the chassis rail compressing the arch of said body portion when said carrier is inserted into the chassis, thereby increasing the force of said leg against the wall of said hole in said electronic component.