US 12,298,822 B2
Automated system and method for inserting memory modules into motherboards
Suk Wong, Sammamish, WA (US); Umakaran Nemallan, Mississauga (CA); and Ryan Schiller, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 9, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/407,949.
Application 18/407,949 is a division of application No. 17/349,418, filed on Jun. 16, 2021, granted, now 11,899,512.
Prior Publication US 2024/0143046 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 1/18 (2006.01); H05K 13/04 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/186 (2013.01) [H05K 13/04 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for pushing memory modules into corresponding memory sockets with an automated memory insertion apparatus, the method comprising:
rotating one or more cam assemblies relative to a frame, each cam assembly having a central shaft extending in a longitudinal direction and a plurality of cams each extending from the central shaft in a respective radial direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, a center of each cam of each of the cam assemblies being offset from centers of adjacent ones of the cams by a pitch distance that is equal to a pitch distance between centers of adjacent ones of the memory sockets; and
applying, by the cams, an insertion force to the memory modules in the corresponding memory sockets.