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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:
Nov. 23, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
James F. Latal, Palatine, IL (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 4/66 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 4/66 ;
Abstract
A printed circuit board mounting system including a panel having an aperture, a mounting clip including a panel support end with a plurality of resilient fingers having corresponding end portions protruding radially outwardly from each other at non-perpendicular angles relative to the panel support end, the mounting clip having a circuit board support end spaced apart from the panel support end by an intermediate portion of the clip, the circuit board support end having a circuit board fastening portion, the plurality of fingers protruding through the panel aperture, some of the clip fingers frictionally engaged with the panel.