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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1999
Shigeru Fujisawa, Suzaka, JP;
Robinson Nugent, Inc., New Albany, IN (US);
Abstract
The locking device of the present invention is provided to constantly and reliably maintain the locked state even under severe environments of use, such as an application of an excessive amount of impact force, for example, and to drastically improve reliability. The locking device is equipped with a latch (,) comprising of a base end section (,), which is supported at the back side of the substrate B in a condition in which it is inserted into the substrate socket S; a base section (,) which projects out to the front side of the substrate B from this base end section (,), and a connecting section (,) having a primary connecting section (,) and a secondary connecting section (,) provided at the front end of this base section (,), with the primary connecting section (,) connected to the recessed engaging section (Bh) formed at the substrate B and the secondary connecting section (,) connected to the edge side section (Bs) of the substrate B in a locked state Mc which locks the substrate B, and the connection to the substrate B by the primary connecting section (,) and the secondary connecting section (,) canceled in the released state Mr in which the connecting section (,) is elastically displaced at the base end section (,) as the point of support.