Lens cap holder for attachment to circuit boards
OwnerJohn M. Savage, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A mount for an LED and lens cap enables attachment of these components to a circuit board, the LED wires retaining the LED, cap and mount to the board. The mount typically includes: (a) a holder having first and second sections, (b) said sections having shoulders to engage and support the lens cap when the sections are assembled to the skirt portion of the cap, (c) the holder having recesses to pass said wire leads from the interior to the exterior of the holder when the sections are assembled to the skirt portion of the cap.
Claims20
For combination with an LED and a lens cap therefor, the lens cap having a skirt portion supporting the LED, there being wire leads extending from the LED, the combination comprising
- (a) a holder having first and second sections,
- (b) said sections having shoulders to engage and support the lens cap when the sections are assembled to the skirt portion of the cap,
- (c) the holder having recesses to pass said wire leads from the interior to the exterior of the holder when the sections are assembled to the skirt portion of the cap.
In combination:
- (a) an LED having protruding wires,
- (b) a lens cap on the LED,
- (c) a holder extending about and supporting portions of the LED and cap in assembled condition,
- (d) the holder having openings passing the LED wires for attachment to a circuit board to retain the LED, cap and holder to the board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.