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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1992
Bruce A Peterson, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector is provided for mounting on the surface of a printed circuit board. The connector includes a dielectric housing for mounting a plurality of terminals connectable to appropriate circuit traces on the circuit board. A board mounting clip is mounted on the housing for mounting the connector on the surface of the circuit board. The mounting clip includes a C-shaped portion defining an upper leg and a lower leg respectively insertable into a pair of slots in the housing. At least one of the slots includes a ramped leading edge adapted to engage the free end of a respective one of the legs to bias the board mounting device into firm position on the housing.