Patent ID: 6226188
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: G01R,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for removably and individually placing one or more electronic devices having an array of first connectors disposed on a first side thereof, mutually parallel holding strips at opposite ends of a second side thereof that is normal to said first side, and grasping stubs coplanar with said second side and extending outwardly from opposite ends thereof, into electronic connection through said first connectors with corresponding arrays of second connectors that are mounted in dispositions corresponding to those of said first connectors on a circuit board, comprising:one or more box-like bodies;a plate-like frame including one or more slots passing therethrough;attachment means for removably attaching selected ones of said one more bodies to said plate-like frame, at locations that will encompassing within the dimensions of each of said one or more bodies particular ones of said one or more slots;an aperture extending through each of said one or more bodies;movable means disposed within each of said apertures for grasping said electronic devices in a disposition such that said first connectors are oriented outwardly, whereby, upon placement of said electronic devices within said movable means and attachment of said one or more bodies to said frame, movement of said movable means as to selected ones of said or more bodies causing said first connectors of said electronic devices contained within those selected ones of said one or more bodies to move into and out of those particular ones of said one or more slots that are encompassed within the dimensions of said one or more bodies by said attachment.