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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2009
Applicant:
Donald C Lewis, Richmond, CA (US);
Inventor:
Donald C Lewis, Richmond, CA (US);
Assignee:
Force10 Networks, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/00 (2006.01); F16B 13/04 (2006.01); B21J 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A standoff joins a circuit board to a chassis member using a rivet. The standoff has a cap surface with a hole that allows the body of an unexpanded blind rivet to pass into an inner cavity of the standoff. The rivet is then expanded against the underside of the cap. In use, the standoff rests against the underside of a circuit board, and the rivet passes through a hole in the circuit board and into the standoff. The rivet head engages the circuit board to hold the circuit board against the standoff.