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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:
Dec. 15, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lawrence William Colwell, Elgin, IL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
220-402 ; 220-394 ; 220-426 ;
Abstract
A housing assembly comprises a plurality of components, each having a screw boss apparatus, such as screw boss (114). The screw boss apparatus has an interlocking tab and an interlocking slotted surface. In a preferred embodiment, the screw boss apparatus (114) has a first locking tab (202), a second locking tab (204), a first slotted surface (206), and a second slotted surface (208). The interlocking tab of one component is engaged to the interlocking slotted surface of another component to fasten components of a housing assembly together.