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US 4,225,257 AGranted
Conductor arrangement and assembly method
AssigneeSangamo Weston, Inc.
InventorJoseph R. Andreaggi
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AssigneeSangamo Weston, Inc.
InventorJoseph R. Andreaggi
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An uninsulated contact array of resilient electrically conducting metal with bridging strips at each end to hold multiple conductors in predetermined spaced relation to each other. The bridging strips permit terminal tips at one end of the conductors to be stabbed into a circuit board simultaneously, for subsequent soldering. The other ends of the conductors, having contact ends, are maintained in spaced apart relation by a second bridging strip, the conductors and contacts permitting threading the contact ends simultaneously into multiple recesses of a display holder socket. The display holder socket is so arranged, that curving the resilient conductors increases the contact pressure of the contacts by bowing them. Resilient mounting arms of the contact holder provide for shock proof mounting of the contact holder in a casing by clamping the resilient arms between the casing and cover of an instrument housing.
A shock resisting mounting arrangement for mounting an object in a casing comprising, an object having a body to be mounted in a casing, first and second stiff unitary arms extending from the body, each arm having a plurality of fingers including at least two resilient fingers in a common plane, and at least a third resilient finger between said at least two fingers and in a plane spaced from the plane of said at least two fingers, said plurality of fingers each being of substantial length to enhance its resiliency, and cooperating clamp means on the casing for receiving the fingers of the respective arms therebetween, said clamp means including means for restraining said arms against movement in the plane of said at least two fingers, and means for clamping against said fingers to urge the plurality of fingers toward a common plane so that the body is resiliently mounted between the fingers of the respective arms.
A shock resisting mounting arrangement for mounting an object in a casing comprising, a plastic material object having a body to be mounted in a casing, said body comprising a plurality of fingers integral with said body, said plurality of fingers including at least two resilient fingers in a common plane, and at least a third resilient finger disposed generally between said at least two fingers and spaced from the plane of said at least two fingers, each finger being of substantial length to enhance its resiliency, and cooperating clamp means on the casing for receiving the fingers of said body therebetween, said clamp means including means for restraining said fingers against movement in the plane of said at least two fingers, and means for clamping against said fingers to urge the plurality of fingers toward a common plane so that the body is resiliently mounted by said plurality of fingers.
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