Electrical connectors – With supporting means for coupling part – Having resilient means engaging panel opening
Patent
1991-06-28
1992-12-15
Paumen, Gary F.
Electrical connectors
With supporting means for coupling part
Having resilient means engaging panel opening
439571, 411508, 411913, H01R 1373
Patent
active
051711656
ABSTRACT:
An electrical connector incorporates a resilient hold-down device for securely fastening the electrical connector to an associated printed circuit board or the like. The hold-down device is capable of repeated insertion and removal into the printed circuit board without the danger of failure or fracturing which could cause unreliability in the electrical connections between the connector and the printed circuit board. The hold-down device comprises a horizontal base, a pair of spaced arms bent upwardly at a right angle from opposite sides of the base in substantially parallel relationship, and a pair of legs, spaced apart from one another extending downwardly and bent downward at a right angle along the longitudinal edge of the base. The legs also have side projections for engagement with the periphery of an aperture in the printed circuit board. Retention lugs are formed from portions of the upwardly extending arms and are bent outwardly to resiliently engage the sides of receiving apertures in the insulator body of the electrical connector. Shoulder means for engagably retaining the lugs are provided in the receiving apertures of the insulator body of the electrical connector. This enables the hold-down device to be readily inserted into the base of the insulator body. The plane of the surface defined by the parallel upwardly extending arms is disposed orthogonally to the plane of the major surface of the downwardly depending legs, thereby increasing the stability of the connection between the electrical connector and the printed circuit board. The base of the hold-down means mounts squarely against the base of the electrical connector and provides a stable supporting platform for the legs which insert into the printed circuit board.
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Foxconn International
Paumen Gary F.
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