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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 21, 1996
Osamu Igarashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Hirakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Nikko Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a widely applicable electric component holder and a mechanism for securing this electric component holder. It enables attachment of an electric component to a receiving member without protruding on the back face of the receiving member and which allows simple attachment to and detachment from the receiving member. This electric component holder includes a holding portion for holding an electric component and a securing portion for securing this holding portion on the receiving member, and this securing portion includes engaging claws 40, 42 and 44 which are inserted into a hole opened into one face of the receiving member in a parallel direction to the receiving member face, in a direction parallel to the receiving member face, thereby engaging releasably with the installation portion.