Electrical connectors – With coupling separator – Nonconducting pusher
Reexamination Certificate
2000-07-12
2001-09-11
Sircus, Brian (Department: 2839)
Electrical connectors
With coupling separator
Nonconducting pusher
C439S162000, C439S686000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06287134
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a processor-removing tool, and more particularly, to a processor-removing tool for removing an Intel Slot
1
processor from a right angle Slot
1
connector.
2. Description of the Prior Art
There are two types of Intel Slot
1
connectors which can be installed on a horizontally oriented motherboard, one is straight angle Slot
1
connectors, and the other is right angle Slot
1
connectors. A straight angle Slot
1
connectors requires an Intel Slot
1
processor to be inserted into it vertically, and a right angle Slot
1
connector requires the processor to be inserted horizontally. Removal of the processor from the straight angle connector can be done with little difficulty as the processor is directly accessible and can be slid out from above; however, removal of the processor from the right angle connector can be problematic as it is removed horizontally and is frequently inaccessible in this manner due to limited space.
Please refer to FIG.
1
.
FIG. 1
is a perspective diagram of an Intel Slot
1
processor
12
installed horizontally on a motherboard
10
through a right angle Slot
1
connector
14
. The processor
12
and the connector
14
are tightly connected in a crowded area with many delicate electronic components on the motherboard
10
. The horizontal removal of the processor
12
from the connector
14
is thus extremely difficult. Moreover, excessive force applied during the removal may cause severe damage to the electronic components on the motherboard
10
through accidental contact.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is therefore a primary objective of the present invention to provide a processor-removing tool capable of removing an Intel Slot
1
processor from a right angle Slot
1
connector safely and easily to solve the above mentioned problem.
Briefly, in a preferred embodiment, the present invention provides a processor-removing tool for removing an Intel Slot
1
processor from a right angle Slot
1
connector, the Slot
1
connector being installed on a horizontally oriented motherboard over which the processor can be horizontally inserted into or removed from the Slot
1
connector, and when the processor is horizontally inserted into the connector, two vertical gaps are present between the left and right sides of the processor and the corresponding two sides of the connector, the tool comprising:
a shaft;
two supporting poles installed at two sides of the shaft; and
two rods installed at a front end of the two supporting poles;
wherein when horizontally removing the processor from the connector, the two rods of the tool are inserted into the two vertical gaps and the shaft of the tool can be pressed to move the left and right sides of the processor backward in the same time so that the processor can be horizontally ejected from the connector.
It is an advantage of the present invention that this processor-removing tool can be used to remove an Intel Slot
1
processor from a right angle Slot
1
connector safely and easily.
These and other objectives and advantages of the present invention will no doubt become obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art after having read the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment that is illustrated in the various figures and drawings.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5801926 (1998-09-01), Cutsforth et al.
patent: 5906497 (1999-05-01), Pham et al.
Hsu Winston
Mitac International Corp.
Prasad Chandrika
Sircus Brian
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