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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2000
Peter Bleim, Vienna, AT;
Ewald Frasl, Biedermannsdorf, AT;
Erich Klein, Himberg, AT;
Ernst Ruberl, Guntramsdorf, AT;
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
In an apparatus ( ) having an electroacoustic transducer ( ) and having a printed circuit board ( ) the electroacoustic transducer ( ) has two terminal contact elements ( ) and the printed circuit board ( ) has two mating contact elements ( ), which terminal contact elements ( ) have two terminal contact portions ( ) which are oriented parallel to the transducer axis ( ) of the transducer ( ) and which mating contact elements ( ) have two mating contact portions ( ) which are oriented parallel to the transducer axis ( ), the terminal contact portions ( ) and the mating contact portions ( ) being held pairwise against each other in a direction transverse to the transducer axis ( ) and thus forming at least parts of a retainer ( ) with the aid of which the transducer ( ) is secured to the printed circuit board ( ).