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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Phillip V. Mann, Rochester, MN (US);
Mark D. Plucinski, Rochester, MN (US);
Sandra J. Shirk/Heath, Rochester, MN (US);
Arvind K. Sinha, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
According to embodiments of the invention, an electronic component assembly may be provided. The electronic component assembly may include an electronic component body. The electronic component assembly may also include one or more elastic members affixed to the electronic component body. The electronic component assembly may also include a catch mechanism affixed to each elastic member adapted to allow insertion of the elastic member and the catch mechanism through a hole of a circuit board in an extended position, and upon release from the extended position, hold the electronic component body in a fixed position by the tension of the elastic member and the catch mechanism grasping an edge of a surface of the circuit board opposite a surface upon which the electronic component body rests.