Patent ID: 7535717

Claim:
A fixture for testing a mid-plane of a blade server, the fixture comprising: a base board; a fixture unit fixed on the base board, the fixture unit comprising a receiving location mounting the mid-plane thereon; a carrier enclosure slidably attached on the base board and docked with the mid-plane; and a handspike pivotably attached to the base board and slidably engaging with the carrier enclosure to move the carrier enclosure away from the fixture unit so as to expose the mid-plane and move the carrier enclosure toward the fixture unit to communicate with the mid-plane; wherein the base board has two tabs formed at opposite sides thereon, the handspike is rotatably attached to the two tabs, the handspike comprises two side arms, each of the side arms has a guiding slot defined therein, the carrier enclosure comprises two side plates, and each of the side plates has a sliding block formed thereon which extends into the guiding slot.