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Method for mounting a right angled connector on a printed circuit board
Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
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Filing: 1997-11-26
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Granted: 1998-09-15
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Expires: 2017-11-26
Abstract
Abstract A method for mounting a component of an electrical connector to a printed circuit board which makes use of a body with a retention device having a central connecting receiving aperture and wings in planes normal to the body which have opposed inwardly extending latches and a pair of downwardly extending resilient latches. The lateral latches will engage ledges adjacent the housing of the receptacle while the downwardly depending latches will engage alignment slots in a mounting foot from the receptacle and the printed circuit board. The central connector receiving aperture will be engaged by a connector which fixes the nose shield to the pin receiving face of the receptacle.
Inventors
- 👤 Stephen L. Clark
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 13:47
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R13/00; H01R13/60; H01R12/00; H01R12/70; H01R12/7005; H01R12/7011; H01R12/7017; H01R12/7029; H01R12/71; H01R12/72; H01R12/722
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
305 words
A method for mounting a receptacle on a printed circuit board having at least one mounting aperture comprising the steps of: (a) positioning on said printed circuit board a receptacle having an insulative housing with a transverse pin receiving face and at least one transverse mounting foot extending from an axial lateral wall having a transverse ledge having an axial projection and forming an axial groove between said lateral wall and said axial projection and said mounting footing having an aperture aligned with said axial groove and the aperture in the printed circuit board; (b) positioning a conductive nose shield having a central plug receiving aperture and a lateral fastener receiving aperture adjacent the transverse pin receiving face of the receptacle; (c) inserting through the aligned apertures in the mounting foot and the printed circuit board at least one conductive retention member comprising a body having a central fastener receiving means and at least one lateral latching means for engaging the ledge on the housing and a depending latching means for fixing the housing to the circuit board through the aligned apertures in said mounting foot and circuit board and wherein said body includes a plate section having at least one lateral wing member projecting in generally normal relation from said body section and said wing member is engageable with said axial groove and said lateral latching means bears against with said axial projection from the edge of the lateral wall of the insulative receptacle; and (d) inserting a conductive fastener through the lateral fastener receiving aperture on the nose shield to engage the central fastener receiving means on the conductive retention member to fix the conductive nose shield to the conductive retention member and to ground said conductive nose shield through said conductive fastener and said conductive retention member to the printed circuit board.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
305 words
A method for mounting a receptacle on a printed circuit board having at least one mounting aperture comprising the steps of: (a) positioning on said printed circuit board a receptacle having an insulative housing with a transverse pin receiving face and at least one transverse mounting foot extending from an axial lateral wall having a transverse ledge having an axial projection and forming an axial groove between said lateral wall and said axial projection and said mounting footing having an aperture aligned with said axial groove and the aperture in the printed circuit board; (b) positioning a conductive nose shield having a central plug receiving aperture and a lateral fastener receiving aperture adjacent the transverse pin receiving face of the receptacle; (c) inserting through the aligned apertures in the mounting foot and the printed circuit board at least one conductive retention member comprising a body having a central fastener receiving means and at least one lateral latching means for engaging the ledge on the housing and a depending latching means for fixing the housing to the circuit board through the aligned apertures in said mounting foot and circuit board and wherein said body includes a plate section having at least one lateral wing member projecting in generally normal relation from said body section and said wing member is engageable with said axial groove and said lateral latching means bears against with said axial projection from the edge of the lateral wall of the insulative receptacle; and (d) inserting a conductive fastener through the lateral fastener receiving aperture on the nose shield to engage the central fastener receiving means on the conductive retention member to fix the conductive nose shield to the conductive retention member and to ground said conductive nose shield through said conductive fastener and said conductive retention member to the printed circuit board.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the connector also fixes a conductive front tail stock to the assembly.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the lateral latching means includes a pair of spaced generally parallel leg members extending in coplanar relation from the plate section.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 3 wherein the leg members are inwardly compressible to be receivable in the mounting aperture.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 4 wherein the leg members are laterally expandable to be engageable with the mounting aperture.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 5 wherein the leg members have outwardly extending engagement projections.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the central connector receiving means is an aperture in the plate section having a peripheral tubular projection.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 7 wherein the peripheral tubular projection is positioned in generally normal relation to the plate section.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 2 wherein the conductive front tail stock has an aperture aligned with the central plug receiving aperture of the conductive nose shield.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 2 wherein the front tail stock is superimposed over the conductive nose shield.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 2 wherein the front tail stock is grounded to the printed circuit board through the conductive retention member.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the lateral latching means is canted inwardly toward the fastener receiving means of the conductive retention member.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 12 wherein the lateral latching means bears against the axial projection to resist displacement of the conductive retention member.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method of claim 13 wherein the lateral latching means of the conductive retention member is engageable with the axial projection as the conductive retention member is moved downwardly through the aligned axial groove and aperture in the printed circuit board.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
47 words
The method of claim 14 wherein the axial projection applies lateral pressure on the lateral latching means to flex said lateral latching means to a vertical position after which said latching means returns to its vertical position as said latching means moves downwardly past the axial projection.
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