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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rome Bloomfield, Cypress, TX (US);
Joseph R. Fester, Tomball, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 4/66 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 4/66 ;
Abstract
The present invention is adapted for electrically grounding a printed circuit board to a chassis having mounting studs with each stud having an upper nose. The ground clip of the present invention has a generally circular upper body portion with a side opening, and a plurality of retentive leads extending from the upper body portion. Each ground clip is connected to the circuit board around a portion of a mounting hole such that the upper body portion contacts the upper nose to provide electrical grounding of the circuit board to the chassis.