Slot assembly test apparatus

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1999-04-07

2001-07-24

Williams, Hezron (Department: 2856)

Measuring and testing

Testing of apparatus

Reexamination Certificate

active

06263746

ABSTRACT:

FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a slot assembly test apparatus, and more particularly to a slot assembly test apparatus suitable for automatically testing the usage life-span of the slot assembly, in which the pushing in and ejecting of the PCMCIA card are conducted automatically.
DESCRIPTION OF PRIOR ART
Due to the convenience and portability of palmtop computers, for example electronic dictionaries, they have been widely adopted in our daily life. However, the memory of the palmtop computer is limited. Thus, a PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card Industry Association) slot assembly can be mounted on the palmtop computer to receive a PCMCIA card and enhance the function of the palmtop computer.
The conventional procedure for testing the usage lifespan of a PCMCIA slot assembly is conducted manually and will be described as follows. First, operators push the PCMCIA slot card into the slot of the slot assembly. Then, the button on the slot assembly is pressed twice to eject the card out from the slot. The button usually is a two-stage button. That is to say, the card will not be ejected until the button is pressed twice. After the card is ejected and a few seconds pass, another cycle of pushing and ejecting the card is conducted. The testing cycle of pushing and ejecting the card is repeated continuously until the card can not be pushed into or ejected properly. The maximum number of properly conducted testing cycles indicates the usage life-span of the slot assembly.
However, the manually operated testing method for the slot assembly suffers from several problems. Since the PCMCIA card is pushed into and ejected by persons, the force applied to the card is not always the same for each testing cycle. Thus, the data obtained is not reliable and has less value. In addition, operators who do the slot assembly testing tend to suffer from occupational disease affecting their hands.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and to provide a slot assembly test apparatus for testing the usage life-span of the slot assembly automatically rather than manually.
To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a slot assembly test apparatus for testing a slot assembly having an ejection mechanism by means of a card. The slot assembly comprises:
a platform;
a slot assembly fixture disposed on the platform for positioning the slot assembly in which the card has been inserted;
a pushing device disposed on the platform and capable of moving between a first position, at which the card is pushed by the first pushing device to a predetermined position in the slot assembly, and a second position, at which the first pushing device is drawn away from the card; and
a touching device disposed on the platform and capable of touching the ejection mechanism of the slot assembly so as to eject the card out from the slot assembly.


REFERENCES:
patent: 5447072 (1995-09-01), Holung

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