Pcba low cost snap-on frame mount
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsNeal Frank Gunderson, Wolfgang Rosner
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a printed circuit board assembly having a circuit board with opposing side edges and an open frame housing with parallel mounting frames extending along the side edges of the circuit board. Each mounting frame has a body portion having a support shelf and an overhang ledge forming a channel, the channel nesting an associated side edge of the circuit board. A mounting peg is supported to extend transversely to the entry of the channel, and temporary deforming of the ledge permits entry of the associated side edge into the channel, the circuit board having a complementary peg retention hole appropriately sized to receive the mounting peg.
Claims21
A printed circuit board assembly comprising:
- a circuit board having opposing side edges;
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- an open frame housing comprising parallel mounting frames extending along respective side edges, each mounting frame comprising:
- an elongated body member having a support shelf and an overhang ledge forming a channel, the channel contactingly nesting the associated side edge of the circuit board;
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- a mounting peg supported by the body member extending transversely to the entry of the channel wherein temporary deforming of the body member permits entry of the associated side edge into the channel, the circuit board having a complementary peg retention hole appropriately sized to engage the mounting peg therein.
A mounting apparatus for a printed circuit board having a side edge, comprising:
- a mounting frame having a body member having a support shelf and a ledge forming a channel contactingly nesting the side edge;
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- a mounting peg extending transversely to the entry of the channel wherein temporary deforming of the ledge permits entry of the associated side edge into the channel, the circuit board having a complementary peg retention hole appropriately sized to receive the mounting peg therein.
A mounting apparatus for supporting a printed circuit board having opposing side edges, comprising:
- a first mounting frame attached to one of the opposing side edges;
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- a second mounting frame attached to other opposing side edge, each of the first and second mounting frames characterized as a having a body member with a support shelf and a ledge forming a channel contactingly nesting the associated side edge, a mounting peg extending from the support shelf transversely to the entry of the channel wherein temporary deforming of the body member permits entry of the associated side edge into the channel, the circuit board having a complementary peg retention hole appropriately sized to engage the mounting peg therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.