Electrical connectors – With coupling movement-actuating means or retaining means in... – Coupling part for receiving edge of planar board moving...
Patent
1988-04-25
1989-05-02
Abrams, Neil
Electrical connectors
With coupling movement-actuating means or retaining means in...
Coupling part for receiving edge of planar board moving...
H01R 13639
Patent
active
048264474
ABSTRACT:
The disclosure relates to a retainer for locking a printed circuit board into an edge connector having side ears with an aperture through each ear. The retainer includes two pairs of legs extending from a body in a first direction with flanges on the distal portion of each leg. The inner pairs of legs extend through the aperture in each of the ears with the flanges extending back over the ears. The outer legs extend around the ears with the flanges extending back over the ears to secure the retainer to the ears. The retainer includes a third pair of legs which extends outwardly from the body in a direction opposite to the above mentioned pairs of legs, one of these legs having a laterally extending pin and the other of these legs having an aperture for lockingly receiving the pin therein. The pin is disposed through an aperture in a circuit board to lock the board in the connector.
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patent: 3970353 (1976-07-01), Kaufman
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patent: 4579411 (1986-04-01), Cobaugh et al.
Forker Donald L.
Skipper Gregory E.
Abrams Neil
AMP Incorporated
Nguyen Khiem
Osborne Allan B.
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