Robert M Spaulding

US Patent:

7047631, May 23, 2006

Filed:

Mar 13, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/099493

Inventors:

Robert Spaulding - Santa Rosa CA, US

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc. - San Jose CA

International Classification:

H05K 3/30

US Classification:

29832, 29834, 29830, 29757, 29729, 29709

Abstract:

A method for the automatable insertion or removal of an integrated circuit board is disclosed. One or more linear actuators or similar devices are coupled to one or more cards of an electronic device (e. g. , a telecommunications switch or the like) by one or more brackets, to permit substantially automatic card withdrawal/insertion cycles. A controller is operably coupled to the actuators. The controller controls the actuators to operate through a plurality of cycles in a substantially unattended fashion. Measurement and recording or logging systems can measure the occurrence or duration of service disruptions and maintain a log of test results.