Integrated circuit package removal tool

Claim 1

A tool for use in removing from a connector an integrated circuit package having a metallic heat sink member extending beyond an end of said connector and including a registration aperture, said connector having a retention post for engaging said registration aperture, said tool comprising: a body member, said body member having a pair of spring-like parallel spaced-apart side portions, said side portions including at one extremity thereof a respective pair of thin finger-like extensions angularly disposed with respect thereto, said finger-like extension having respective cutouts for engaging the opposite edges of said integrated circuit package heat sink member, said side portions being curved respectively at the other extremity thereof, said body member further including a central portion disposed between and connecting said side portions, said central portion comprising a pair of parallel spaced-apart sections lying in planes oriented at right angles to those of said side portions, said last mentioned sections having respective like-diameter apertures therein in substantial alignment with each other, a plunger, said plunger being slidably mounted within the apertures of said sections of the central portion of said body member and positioned to initially contact said connector retention post in order that a force may be applied thereto, said curved side portions of said body member permitting an opposite force to be applied via said finger-like extensions to said heat sink member, the simultaneous application of said opposing forces resulting in the movement of said package relative to its connector, and upon the transfer of contact by said plunger from said retention post to the surface of said heat sink member, the firm grasping of said package to accomplish its removal.