Printed circuit board mounting rail member and ground clip assem

Details Printed circuit board mounting rail member and ground clip assem Printed circuit board mounting rail member and ground clip assem

1998-02-24

1999-08-10

Donovan, Lincoln

Electrical connectors

With circuit conductors and safety grounding provision

Grounding to connector container or housing

439 78, 361801, H01R 466

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059349166

ABSTRACT:
A rail member and ground clip assembly useable for mechanically and electrically coupling printed circuit boards to a chassis. The assembly has a stud protruding into an electrical contact opening in the rail member, a first end portion of the resilient electrical contact is disposed on a fastener boss proximate the electrical contact opening, a bifurcated curved portion of the resilient electrical contact protrudes at least partially through the electrical contact opening beyond a bottom side of the rail member, and the stud is disposed through an opening in the resilient electrical contact to engagably couple the resilient electrical contact to the rail member. The resilient electrical contact also includes a compression wave portion between the first end portion and the curved portion to bias the curved portion into engagement with the chassis. A non-threaded rivet fastens the rail member to the printed circuit board.

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