Electricity: conductors and insulators – Boxes and housings – With grounding means
Patent
1979-05-08
1981-04-07
Tolin, Gerald P.
Electricity: conductors and insulators
Boxes and housings
With grounding means
361331, 361427, 24 73B, 174 35GC, H05K 718, H02B 116
Patent
active
042608490
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for removably supporting and electrically grounding a cover to a base structure, having an upper and lower attachment assembly, the lower assembly having a hanger with a horizontal portion and an integral vertical portion, a leaf spring of inverted V-shaped configuration with a vertical leg affixed to the base structure and an angular leg extending to normally resiliently engage the hanger vertical portion, a lower bracket affixed to the cover having a horizontal leg and an integral vertical portion at the leg outer end, the horizontal leg having an opening to receive the hanger vertical portion, the upper assembly having a hanger with a horizontal portion with an opening therein, a leaf spring of inverted V-shaped configuration having an angular leg extending downwardly through the opening, and an upper bracket affixed to the cover having a downward extending vertical portion, the upper and lower hangers engaging the upper and lower brackets and the springs of the upper and lower hangers being resiliently displaced by the brackets vertical portions to provide positive engagement with the brackets and thereby attain positive grounding contact between the base structure and the cover.
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patent: 3066367 (1962-12-01), Garman
patent: 3723942 (1973-03-01), Dennison
patent: 4026622 (1977-05-01), Siciliano
patent: 4069618 (1978-01-01), Geiss
Telex Computer Products, Inc.
Tolin Gerald P.
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