Circuit board with a connector having a latch that includes a latch frame, a latch slide, an ejector and a connector arm

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9935384-B1
Application number	US-201615280281-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Sep 29, 2016
Priority date	Sep 29, 2016
Publication date	Apr 3, 2018
Grant date	Apr 3, 2018

Abstract

A circuit board may include a connector having a circuit module latch that may include a latch frame and pivot-able ejector assembly coupled to the latch frame.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A circuit board, comprising:
a connector having a latch that includes:
a latch frame with a frame base and a frame arm that extends from the frame base and includes an elongated guide;
a latch slider connected to the frame arm for movement along the elongated guide;
an ejector pivotally coupled to the frame base; and
a connector arm pivotally coupled to the latch slider and the ejector to couple pivotal movement of the ejector and movement of the latch slider along the elongated guide;
wherein the latch slider includes a circuit module guide to provide an aligned position of a circuit module to be mated with the connector, and the circuit module guide includes a spaced-apart pair of guide tabs between which an edge of a circuit module fits for the aligned position.

2. The circuit board of claim 1 wherein the connector arm is pivotally coupled to the ejector, the ejector further includes an ejector foot to engage a circuit module, and the ejector is pivotally coupled to the frame base at an ejector pivot positioned between the ejector-connector arm coupling and the ejector foot.

3. The circuit board of claim 1 , wherein the pair of guide tabs have decreasing spacing between them in a direction toward the frame base.

4. The circuit board of claim 1 , wherein the latch further includes a lock operably coupled to the latch slider and positioned with the circuit module guide to engage and lock a circuit module in place.

5. A circuit board, comprising:
a connector having a latch that includes:
a latch frame with a frame base and a frame arm that extends from the frame base and includes an elongated guide;
a latch slider connected to the frame arm for movement along the elongated guide;
an ejector pivotally coupled to the frame base; and
a connector arm pivotally coupled to the latch slider and the ejector to couple pivotal movement of the ejector and movement of the latch slider along the elongated guide;
wherein the latch further includes a lock to engage and lock a circuit module in place.

6. The circuit board of claim 5 , wherein the elongated guide includes a slot in the frame arm and the latch slider includes a pin that extends into and moves along the slot.

7. The circuit board of claim 5 , wherein the connector is to receive a dual in-line memory module.

8. The circuit board of claim 5 , wherein the latch frame is secured in a fixed position relative to the connector.

9. The circuit board of claim 5 wherein the lock is operably coupled to the latch slider.

10. The circuit board of claim 9 wherein the lock is under bias to lock a circuit module to be mated with the connector.

Assignees

• Intel Corp

Inventors

• Li Xiang
• Vergis George
• Lynch John M

Classifications

• H01R12/7058 Primary

  characterised by the movement, e.g. pivoting, camming or translating parallel to the PCB · CPC title

• H01R12/737

  Printed circuits being substantially perpendicular to each other (for printed connections H05K3/366) · CPC title

• H01R12/721

  cooperating directly with the edge of the rigid printed circuits · CPC title

• H01R13/6335

  comprising a handle · CPC title

• H05K7/1409 Primary

  by lever-type mechanisms · CPC title