Metal working – Method of mechanical manufacture – Electrical device making
Patent
1987-07-17
1989-02-28
Echols, P. W.
Metal working
Method of mechanical manufacture
Electrical device making
29876, 29881, 29884, 29759, 206330, H01Z 4300
Patent
active
048073580
ABSTRACT:
A reusable carrier for releasably retaining modular telephone jacks or other small molded articles is stamped and formed from a strip of metal and has a plurality of depending U-shaped clips extending from an elongated carrier strip. The carrier strip is generally flat with a series of pilot holes and struck out, downwardly bent locating projections positioned in between adjacent pilot holes. One of the U-shaped clips extends transversely from the carrier strip adjacent each of the pilot holes and is adapted to be releasably received within a plug receiving cavity of the jack. Each of the U-shaped clips includes a bight portion and opposed legs extending from the bight portion. Each of these legs has a pair of oppositely curved friction springs projecting outwardly from the leg so as to frictionally engage interior side walls of the plug receiving cavity when the jack is placed on the clip. A cantilevered spring latch is formed from the bight portion and includes a cam surface at its free end for releasably engaging a latch of the jack. The friction springs and the spring latch retain the jack on the clip and permit the removal of the jack from the clip upon the application of a withdrawal force on the jack. The carrier may be used in manufacturing, handling and/or installing jacks and other small articles and may be reused a number of times.
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patent: 4292736 (1981-10-01), Hughes et al.
patent: 4541174 (1985-09-01), Liburdi
patent: 4697340 (1987-10-01), Finney et al.
Dechelette Helen
Fontenaud Christian
Cornell John W.
Echols P. W.
Hecht Louis A.
Molex Incorporated
Ross Taylor J.
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