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US 2003/0113183 A1Published application
Surface mount captive screw ferrule for PCB
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorEric D. McAfee
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for holding a screw captive to a printed circuit board (PCB), with a channel formed through the apparatus and a mounting hole formed through the PCB being in alignment to allow a screw to pass therethrough.
Claims22
An apparatus, comprising:
- a printed circuit board having a mounting hole formed therethrough;
- and
- a ferrule having a body with a channel formed therethrough from a first end of the body having a capture extension, to a second end of the body having a soldering extension that is used to solder the ferrule to the printed circuit board at a location where the channel formed through the ferrule and the mounting hole formed through the printed circuit board align.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a ferrule having a body with a channel formed therethrough from a first end of the body having a capture extension, to a second end of the body having a soldering extension;
- and
- a screw protruding through the channel formed through the ferrule and held captive to the ferrule by the capture extension.
A method comprising:
- soldering a ferrule, having a body with a channel formed therethrough from a first end of the body having a capture extension to a second end of the body having a soldering extension, to a printed circuit board at a location where the channel formed through the ferrule aligns with a mounting hole formed through the printed circuit board;
- inserting a screw through the channel formed through the ferrule;
- and
- using the capture extension to hold the screw captive to the ferrule.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.