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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1999
James Stephen Chapman, Omaha, NE (US);
William Charles Clark, Lee's Summit, MO (US);
Jeffrey Dale Nielson, Elkhorn, NE (US);
Ross Job Thompson, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Avaya Technology Corp., Miami Lakes, FL (US);
Abstract
A push nut fastener has first and second gripping openings. The first gripping opening is substantially circular and the second gripping opening is substantially rectangular. The substantially circular gripping opening has a plurality of blades or finger-like engagement portions extending from the outer circumference of the substantially circular gripping opening towards the center of the substantially circular gripping opening. The substantially rectangular gripping opening has a plurality of blades or finger-like engagement portions extending from the outer perimeter of the substantially rectangular gripping opening towards the center of the substantially rectangular gripping opening. The substantially rectangular gripping opening includes at least two blades or finger-like engagement portions, a respective blade extending from each of two opposing sides of the substantially rectangular gripping opening. The push nut may have flanges formed at two opposing ends of the member. The flanges may be formed integrally from the same piece of material as the push nut fastener. The flanges may have unequal lengths, to differentiate one end of the push nut fastener from the other end. The push nut fastener may be included in electrical components, for example in a DSX jack. An exemplary digital signal cross-connect jack has a respective pair of posts extending from each side, with a respective push nut fastened to each respective pair of posts.