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Abstract

Abstract THE DISCLOSURE IS DIRECTED TO A TOOL FOR INSTALLI NG AND REMOVING BUS CONNECTORS FROM A PLURALITY OF CONTACT PINS OF A MULTI-PIN CONNECTOR BOARD. THE TOOL CONSISTS OF TWO END FACES EACH OF WHICH HAS A PLURALITY OF APERTURES THEREIN SUFFICIENT IN DIAMETER AND DEPTH TO RECEIVE THEREIN THE CONTACT PINS OF SAID BOARD. A BUS CONNECTOR WILL BE APPLIED TO THE UPPERMOST PORTION OF THE PINS THEN THE PIN TIPS WILL BE INTRODUCED INTO THE APERTURES WITHIN SAID TOOL AND THE TOOL BY FORCING DOWNWARDLY THEREON WILL CAUSE THE BUS CONNECTOR TO TAKE A POSITION ADJACENT THE SURFACE OF THE BOARD ITSELF. THE APERTURES ARE CHAMFERED AT THEIR ENTRY TO FACILITATE THE ENTRY OF THE CONTACT PINS WITHIN THE APERTURES AND ALSO TO PROVIDE DESIRED RELIEF FOR DEFORMANCE OF ANY MATERIAL OF THE BUS CONNECTOR ABOUT THE PIN AS THE PIN IS INSERTED. THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE TOOL ARE OF DIFFERENT LENGTHS SO THAT EACH MAY ACCOMMODATE A DIFFERENT NUMBER OF APERTURES TO BE USED FOR SHORT OR LONG BUS CONECTORS. IN ADDITION, PROVISION IS MADE FOR THE INCLUSION OF AN EXTRACTING PLATE ADJACENT EITHER, OR BOTH, OF THE ENDS WHICH EXTRACTION PLATE MAY BE USED TO REMOVE A BUS CONNECTOR ALREADY POSITIONED UPON THE CONTACT PINS. THE EXTRACTION PLATE CONSISTS OF A COMB-LIKE END HAVING A PLURALITY OF SLOTS OF SUFFICIENT SIZE TO GO ABOUT THE CONTACT PINS. THE EXTRACTION PLATE IS MOVABLE FROM AFIRST POSITION OUR OF CONTACT WITH THE PINS TO A SECOND POSITION IN CONTACT WITH THE PINS THIS TRAPPING THE BUS CONNECTOR THEREBETWEEN AND UPON THE APPLICATION OF FORCE TO THE TOOL, IN A DIRECTION AWAY FROM THE BOARD, THE BUS CONNECTOR MAY BE REMOVED THEREWITH.

Inventors

• 👤 Edward J Castellani

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