Electrical connectors – With coupling movement-actuating means or retaining means in... – For dual inline package
Patent
1993-10-21
1994-11-08
Schwartz, Larry I.
Electrical connectors
With coupling movement-actuating means or retaining means in...
For dual inline package
439 66, 439326, 439931, H01R 1362
Patent
active
053622472
ABSTRACT:
A rotary retainer system for holding a board (14) with active electrical components in an electrical connector assembly includes a boss (50) secured to the housing (48) of the connector assembly, with the boss having an elongated slot (52) open toward the other end of the housing. The slot is sized so that one end of the board is receivable therein with sufficient clearance to allow pivoting motion of the board about that one end within the slot. At the other end of the connector assembly housing are several rotary retainers (68) each having a post (70) disposed in a cavity (54) of the housing. The post and the cavity are so configured that the post can only be inserted and removed from the cavity when in a predetermined angular orientation, with all other allowable angular orientations of the post preventing removal of the post from the cavity. The retainer also has a head (72) which, when the post is in the predetermined angular orientation, allows the board to pass thereby. Thereafter, rotation of the retainer results in the head coming into overlying engagement with the board.
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U.S. Ser. No. 07/996,759, filed Dec. 24, 1992-- "Wire Retainer for Current Mode Coupler"; William J. Rudy, Jr., et al. (Abstract and Drawings only included).
Ness Anton P.
Schwartz Larry I.
The Whitaker Corporation
Vu Hien D.
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