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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:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2001
Andrew H. Dickson, Fair Oaks, CA (US);
Wayne A. Foster, Rocklin, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A conductive clip is placed over a component mounted to a printed circuit board (PCB) to form a conductive path between terminals of the component. In one embodiment, a conductive clip is placed over a surface mount technology (SMT) component, with the clip having ends that include a flared portion and a sharp triangular retainment detent. In another embodiment, the clip has a shoe box shape and includes two sides having retainment detents that are disposed to engage an area between an edge of the component and the PCB. In yet another embodiment, the present invention is adapted for use with through hole mounted components having axial leads, with each end of the clip including a slot that engages a lead when the clip is pressed onto the component. The present invention allows a PCB to be designed to support multiple configurations without using DIP switches or headers/jumpers.