Metal working – Method of mechanical manufacture – Disassembling
Patent
1998-01-20
2000-02-15
Bryant, David P.
Metal working
Method of mechanical manufacture
Disassembling
2924356, 29268, 29278, 29270, 29450, 361704, 24545, 24456, 81302, B25B 2700
Patent
active
060238321
ABSTRACT:
A tool for the installation and removal of a lever cam operated spring clip. One embodiment of the invention has a pair of levers pivotally attached together, with one of the levers configured to frictionally engage the cam lever and the other lever configured to engage the clip's outer perimeter. Once the tool is installed on a lever operated cam spring clip, a slight squeeze of the two levers spreads the clip hooks to a position where the clip can be installed over a heat sink and engaged with an underlying electronic device. Pivoting the tool about the cam pivots the cam about its axis until the clip is locked into place. The tool can then be disengaged from the cam lever. Removal of the clip is accomplished by reversing the process.
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Bryant David P.
Korfanta Craig M.
Micron Electronics Inc.
Preta John
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