Electricity: electrical systems and devices – Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical... – For electronic systems and devices
Patent
1992-12-21
1994-04-12
Picard, Leo P.
Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical...
For electronic systems and devices
361736, 361761, 174135, H01R 2368
Patent
active
053031237
ABSTRACT:
A retainer for removable components that plug into a printed circuit board retains the removable component in an associated sockets on a printed circuit board. The retainer has the form of a clip including a retaining surface that applies a retaining force to the component. The retaining force is largely a spring force that directs the leads into the associated sockets by applying pressure to the top of the component. The retainer further has a positioning surface that positions the retaining surface in association with the component. This is done by the positioning surface engaging the exposed exterior surface of the associated sockets. A connecting surface connects the retaining surface to the positioning surface around the circuit board. In the preferred embodiment, the component is a crystal oscillator that plugs into the printed circuit board. Such crystal oscillators are removable to permit changing the operating frequency of an associated microwave transmission circuit.
REFERENCES:
patent: H498 (1988-07-01), Keller et al.
patent: 5218518 (1993-06-01), Deinhardt et al.
patent: 5233451 (1993-08-01), Iguchi
Chandler Kirk R.
Sherard, Jr. William C.
Alcatel Network Systems, Inc.
Picard Leo P.
Whang Young
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