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US 4,057,879 AGranted
Headers with insertable latch members
AssigneeE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
InventorGeorge Thomas Eigenbrode
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AssigneeE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
InventorGeorge Thomas Eigenbrode
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A header is provided for mounting on a circuit board comprising a block having a plurality of circuit board pins mounted therein and a generally rectangular unitary housing. The unitary housing and block have a face for mounting on a surface of a circuit board. The mounting face has a cavity at each end of the block for receiving a pair of latch members. Each cavity has a common wall with each end of the block, a recessed surface spaced from the face, and a wall spaced from the common wall having a rectangular channel therein. Also provided is a latch member for insertion in each cavity at each end of the block. Each latch member includes a base having a substantially rectangular member protruding from one side of the base, an elongated tapered latch arm extending from the base, a latch surface on the free end of the latch arm, and a latch release extending from the latch opposite the latch surface.
An insertable latch for holding a block in a circuit board header, said latch being molded and comprising a base having a top and sides, a ribbed rectangular member extending from one side of said base, an elongated tapered latch arm extending from its top, and a latch release member disposed at an oblique angle to said arm at its free end, said latch arm having a side surface joining the opposite side of said base at an included angle slightly less than 180.degree., said latch release member projecting beyond said side surface of the arm and thereby presenting a latch surface, said latch surface being disposed substantially perpendicularly to said side surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.