Attachment member and system

#This application is the U.S. National Phase application under 35 U.S.C. § 371 of International Application No. PCT/EP2017/084462, filed on Dec. 22, 2017, which claims the benefit of European Patent Application No. 17150363.4 filed on Jan. 5, 2017. These applications are hereby incorporated by reference herein.

#The invention relates to an attachment member for interconnection of a first board and a second board, wherein at least one of the boards is a circuitry board. The invention also relates to a system comprising an attachment member and two boards interconnected by said attachment member.

#It is known to use different kinds of clips to connect electronic components to each other. In U.S. Pat. No. 5,117,330 there is e.g. disclosed a fixture for fixing the position of a circuit component relative to a circuit board. In such clips or fixtures there are typically a number of design considerations that should be addressed. There is e.g. often a desire to reduce the amount of material used in the clip, to reduce the space required by the clip, to facilitate installation, to increase the retaining force once the installation is finished.

#This and other aspects of the present invention will now be described in more detail, with reference to the appended drawings showing embodiment(s) illustrating the general structures of embodiments of the present invention.

#FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an attachment member.

#FIG. 2 is a side view of an attachment member and two boards.

#The present invention will now be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which currently preferred embodiments of the invention are shown. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided for thoroughness and completeness, and fully convey the scope of the invention to the skilled person.

#The attachment member 1 comprises in general a base portion 30 extending along a base plane 31. The base plane 31 is illustrated in FIG. 1 as coinciding with a first major surface 32 of the base portion 30. The base portion 30 has a second major surface 33 opposite the first major surface 32. The attachment member 1 further comprises a first pair of legs 11, 12 extending from the base portion 30 in a first direction D1 and a second pair of legs 21, 22 extending from the base portion 30 in a second direction D2, the second direction D2 being opposite the first direction D1.

#As shown in FIGS. 2-5, the attachment member 1 is adapted for interconnection of a first board 51 and a second board 52.