The latch mechanism 737 includes two release tabs 738 and two latch tabs 739 (See FIGS. 14-15B). The latch tabs 739 are biased outwards by a spring, such that when the electrical engagement lever 732 is pulled downwards to the point that the lever arms 733 drop below the latch tabs 739, the latch tabs 730 pop out and block the lever arms 733 to prevent them from moving back up. This prevents the electrical connection from being inadvertently severed. When it is desired to disconnect the module 700, the release tabs 738 may be squeezed inward simultaneously, causing the latch tabs 730 that are connected to the release tabs 738 to move out of the way of the lever arms 733, thereby enabling the lever arms 733 to be moved upward to disengage the electrical engagement mechanism 730. As noted above, the release tabs may also serve a purpose of preventing the cold plate engagement mechanism 650 from being actuated before the electrical engagement mechanism 730 is actuated.
3. EXAMPLE METHODS
One example method comprises: providing a computing device with one of the example cold plate assemblies, such as the computing device 1 described above; inserting a pluggable module, such as one of the pluggable modules 700, in a bay of the computing device; and causing the pivoting support of the cold plate assembly to move into an engaged position. The causing of the pivoting support to move into the engaged position may include manually actuating an engagement lever that is mechanically linked to the pivoting support, or causing an electronic actuator to automatically actuate an engagement mechanism.
