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US 4,357,061 AGranted
Electro-mechanical package of visual display and related circuitry
AssigneeBeckman Instruments, Inc.
InventorJohn B. Crosby
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Abstract
An electro-mechanical package is disclosed which includes an LCD and an IC chip mounted on opposite sides of a PC board by common package-retaining means, which includes posts extending through the PC board and a clip member that latches onto the ends of the posts to retain the package in assembled position. The latching action is resilient and permits non-destructive disassembly.
Claims17
An electro-mechanical package comprising:
- a visual display component having an electronically controlled display panel supported therein;
- an integrated circuit component having a substrate carrying integrated electronic circuitry arranged to control the display panel;
- a supporting member comprising a printed circuit board adapted to support both components and having circuitry which interconnects the circuitry in the package with external circuitry;
- the visual display component and the integrated circuit component being mounted on opposite sides of the supporting member;
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- package-retaining means common to the visual display and integrated circuit components and extending through the supporting member to secure both components in properly aligned, electrically conducting relationship with the supporting member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.